I don’t want to discount your experience but I don’t think you can really judge safety by going somewhere. If I went to the US, what’s the probability of witnessing a shooting? What does that tell me about the safety there (specifically regarding gun deaths), relative to where I come from (Germany)? Just because I don’t personally witness anything doesn’t mean I would classify it as safe, because even unsafe countries probably aren’t that dangerous that most visitors are personally affected (unless you’re going somewhere really crazy like active warzones).