This is false. Per capita, violent crime (especially homicide) rates are higher in urban than suburban or rural areas. There is a ton of data on this, and it is

This is false. Per capita, violent crime (especially homicide) rates are higher in urban than suburban or rural areas. There is a ton of data on this, and it isn't close or even debatable. There are other factors (accident rate) that can make urban areas look safer, but not violent crime. The FBI reports the 2011 rate of violent crime known to law enforcement within metropolitan areas was 410.3 per 100,000 persons. The rate of violent crime per 100,000 persons in cities outside metropolitan areas was 382.1, and for nonmetropolitan counties it was 186.1.1 The FBI reports metropolitan cities had a murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate known to law enforcement of 4.9 per 100,000 persons in 2011. Cities outside metropolitan areas had a murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate of 4.4 per 100,000 persons while non-metropolitan counties had a rate of 3.1 per 100,000 persons. http://victimsofcrime.org/docs/default-source/ncvrw2014/urban-rural-crime-statistics-2014.pdf?sfvrsn=2 http://victimsofcrime.org/docs/default-source/ncvrw2014/urba...