That's not the whole story. Here are some numbers: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/United-Kingdom/United-States/Crime https://www.nationmaste

That's not the whole story. Here are some numbers: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/United-Kingdom/United-States/Crime https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/United-Kin... You'll note that, yes the US has a higher violent crime rate, but other crime rates are higher - some far higher (drug offenses, for example, are 327 times higher in the UK; total crime victims is 25% higher in the UK, etc). So certain types of crime rates are lower - even considerably lower - than the US. But other types of crime rates are higher - even considerably higher - than the US. It's like there are pros and cons to everywhere.