Is Israel Really a Safe Country?

(Jerusalem Post) Roman Meitav - In 2020, Israel had a crime rate of 30.4 per 1,000 citizens, including anything from petty theft to murder. How does that compare to other Western countries? In England, the crime rate in 2020 was 77.5 crimes per 1,000 citizens, and Germany had 63.8. In Israel, the murder rate in 2019 was 1.47 per 100,000 civilians. The U.S. had a rate of 5.07 - more than triple.