> And it’s safe, which a country without a strong legal safety net and a lot of poverty arguably shouldn’t be. There’s no real urban crime.
Interesting, my outside view without any concrete data was that India is relatively unsafe.
Interesting, my outside view without any concrete data was that India is relatively unsafe.
The only thing to me that's a bit crazy is the roads. My friend offered me a newspaper to read and the headlines were about a bus crash that killed a bunch of people (we were getting a bus that night). From what I understand, if there is an accident where someone gets injured, it's quite common for the other party to just drive off and leave them - which as a European is basically unheard of, unless someone is DUI and doesn't realise.
Murders, Rapes, kidnappings are the same in India. Unless you are at the wrong place at the wrong time or part of a targeted group (not necessarily gangs), you may not even know these happen. Traffic accidents are more common (and lack of a good emergency response system - like EMTs in the US, make it worse). Perry crimes of opportunity are everywhere. Like pickpockets or scamming people with higher prices/fake goods. But this is relatively easy to look for and avoid.
Once a mob forms the victim of the crime usually ends up defending the pickpocket from a thrashing.
Rarely is there knife or gun violence as is reported from the UK or the US.
Even if this stat is inaccurate, it still shows India having plenty of violence and makes the claim dubious.