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I recall reading a few months back that rates of violent crime in the UK and some other European countries are higher than the USA.
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Murders (per capita) by country
United States: 0.042802 per 1,000 people
France: 0.0173272 per 1,000 people
Canada: 0.0149063 per 1,000 people
United Kingdom: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people
Italy: 0.0128393 per 1,000 people
Spain: 0.0122456 per 1,000 people
Germany: 0.0116461 per 1,000 people
Japan: 0.00499933 per 1,000 people
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...ers-per-capita
Assaults (per capita) by country
United States: 7.56923 per 1,000 people
United Kingdom: 7.45959 per 1,000 people
Canada: 7.11834 per 1,000 people
Spain: 2.24221 per 1,000 people
France: 1.75554 per 1,000 people
Germany: 1.4183 per 1,000 people
Italy: 0.500284 per 1,000 people
Japan: 0.339272 per 1,000 people
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...lts-per-capita
Robberies (per capita) by country
Spain: 12.3265 per 1,000 people
United Kingdom: 1.57433 per 1,000 people
United States: 1.38527 per 1,000 people
Canada: 0.823411 per 1,000 people
Germany: 0.720773 per 1,000 people
Italy: 0.649295 per 1,000 people
France: 0.400686 per 1,000 people
Japan: 0.040599 per 1,000 people
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...ies-per-capita
Rapes (per capita) by country
Canada: 0.733089 per 1,000 people
United States: 0.301318 per 1,000 people
United Kingdom: 0.142172 per 1,000 people
Spain: 0.140403 per 1,000 people
France: 0.139442 per 1,000 people
Germany: 0.0909731 per 1,000 people
Italy: 0.0402045 per 1,000 people
Japan: 0.017737 per 1,000 people
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...pes-per-capita
Total crimes (per capita) by country
United Kingdom: 85.5517 per 1,000 people
United States: 80.0645 per 1,000 people
Germany: 75.9996 per 1,000 people
Canada: 75.4921 per 1,000 people
France: 62.1843 per 1,000 people
Italy: 37.9633 per 1,000 people
Spain: 22.8867 per 1,000 people
Japan: 19.177 per 1,000 people
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...mes-per-capita
Conclusion: You're about as likely to be the victim of a crime in the USA, UK or Canada, but in the USA it's FAR more likely to be a life or death situation.
And if you go to Spain, you will be robbed.