Bruxelles, Amsterdam, Paris have welfare. And that attracts the wrong people. I wouldn't want to wander in many neighborhoods in those cities. Budapest, Warsaw, Bucharest, Belgrade, Sofia, Prague are much safer.
the problem in eastern europe isn’t violence. it’s cars.
the deaths/injuries in those specific countries from car accidents is greater than general deaths/injuries in western countries from any reason (violence, cars, etc).
https://youtu.be/2qmpfsW-J34?si=wR7FyFv8ocnVCJLC
The car accidents problem is real, though ... there's the half-serous saying that accidents of this type are our form of mass-shootings.
TIL I am "the wrong people". Ok then. Have a nice life.