There are also fairly basic lifestyle choices that drastically increase your odds of being murdered. If you aren't part of a gang, and you don't have a male par

There are also fairly basic lifestyle choices that drastically increase your odds of being murdered. If you aren't part of a gang, and you don't have a male partner with violent tendencies, your odds of being killed are much lower than the national average. I wouldn't be surprised if the murder rate of my town of 100k people is about on par with a British or German town of 100k people, since we don't have any gang presence here.