NationMaster - Perception of safety > Walking in dark (most recent) by country

DEFINITION: Proportions in International Crime Victims Survey 2000 reporting that they feel safe walking in the dark.

SOURCE: UN International Crime Victims' Survey

COMMENTARY

Ben 1st May 2005	Funny that despite the potrayal of many that the United States is some kind of crime-ravaged place full of drugs and murders, its citizens still feel very safe.
Jim 5th June 2005	You'd think that with austrailias strict punishment system and low crime rate, that theirs would be higher.
REK 3rd December 2005	I live in New Hampshire in the US where everybody can get a gun. Our crime rate is among the lowest in the US, and our murder rate is THE lowest. A neighboring state, Vermont, where any adult can carry a concealed gun,has the lowest crime rate in the country. By contrast, in another neighboring state, Massachusetts, the crime rate is very high, but their gun laws are among the strictest. Europe also has more policeman per capita. You may see a correllation between the fear the the cops per capita. I am rightly more fearful of government than individuals. Individuals rarely start wars.
Kenny (UK) 20th November 2007	I have walked the streets in UK for over 25 years and have rarely felt unsafe. I have never seen a gun in public (other than occasionally at airports or outside the queens property). If the americans feel safer with murder weapons all around them then leave them to it

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