Statistically speaking, the US is a fare safer country in terms of contact crimes than most other large Western nations, including the UK.
The difference is guns. In the UK, someone in the heat of an argument might hit or knife someone--both largely survivable events. In the US, guns are involved, which lead to fatalities.
The vast majority of gun-related deaths are either accidents are the result of family or close friends getting into arguments. By the same token, random acts of aggression, road rage, etc. are much lower in the US largely because the threat of guns tends to keep people polite when dealing with strangers.
Statistically speaking, the US is a fare safer country in terms of contact crimes than most other large Western nations, including the UK.
The difference is guns. In the UK, someone in the heat of an argument might hit or knife someone--both largely survivable events. In the US, guns are involved, which lead to fatalities.
The vast majority of gun-related deaths are either accidents are the result of family or close friends getting into arguments. By the same token, random acts of aggression, road rage, etc. are much lower in the US largely because the threat of guns tends to keep people polite when dealing with strangers.