One really solid example.

washington DC has a murder rate of 33 people per 100 000.

south Africa has a murder rate of 40 people per 100 000.

So you have a .....+-15% more chance of getting murdered in South Africa even of you live in the poorest areas. Does that really sound like reason to panic if you live in the much safer middle classes areas which only attract 2% of the murders ? Given that it's actually safer to live in South Africa as a middle classed person that it is to live in Washington DC.

That really should shut you up or at least make you shrug your shoulders about south african crime. 15% more ? I mean...the chance of being murdered is so low...that's a 15% higher increase ? 0.033 versus 0.040 ? I mean.....does that really warrant all the negatvity ?