There is something amiss with the info in that section. A link to the Global Safety Index on that page shows a list of best to worst with Australia at 10th, China at 85th and USA at 117th.
Any sort of poll or analysis will always be subjective to some extent in regards to parameters defining quality of life and their associated weightings in the overall assessment.
Agreed - their criteria for safety seems kinda wonky IMO.
I live very near Baltimore, a truly unsafe city, but we've had virtually no violent crime near me in 20+ years. Property crime yes. The US, just like Australia I expect, has its pockets of crime that are generally easy enough to avoid. That being said, the only time I was confronted with potentially violent crime was in a very rural section of Washington State. I had a Colt 1911 that prevented it. That was over 30 years ago.
If something on the internet makes you angry the odds are you're being manipulated
