The USA is surprisingly safe. Very basic stuff:

We have high murder rate to be sure, but that's just a number. The people being murdered are most often gangsters killing one another in parts of the city the majority of us don't live in. Purely innocent people make up a slim minority of murder victims.

We don't have terrorism. No FARC, no IRA, and no ETA setting off bombs on a regular schedule. There are a few spectacular events, but not pervasive and ongoing movements that last decades. Terrorism here is not a daily threat. Our weather on the hand...

There are no kidnappings for profit. If you have the slightest wealth in Mexico or South America, armed gangs come for your children in the night, demand ransom for them, and the authorities are powerless to do anything about it. That doesn't happen here because the full force of the federal government comes down on those that attempt it. You can have $100M in the bank here and your kids can walk to school each day (they won't because this is America; we drive everywhere).

We never pay bribes for anything in our daily lives (see also: Mexico, South America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and most of Asia). Our low-ranking public officials and employees are massively overpaid to ensure their integrity and equal application of the law (coming soon: this point invalidated!!).