No offense, but you seem quite ignorant of the "non-anecdotal" data. Almost to the point of unbeleivably so. (1) Lack of Personal Security. https://en.wikiped

No offense, but you seem quite ignorant of the "non-anecdotal" data. Almost to the point of unbeleivably so. (1) Lack of Personal Security. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_security_industry_in_South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_security_industry_in_S... The private security industry in South Africa is the largest in the world,[2] with nearly 9,000 registered companies and 400,000 registered active private security guards, more than the South African police and army combined (2) White flight, wealth, brain drain (1990's): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africans_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africans_in_the_United_K... According to the 2001 UK Census, 140,201 South African born people were calling the UK, although most recent estimates put the population (including those of South African descent) at over half a million. Unlike South Africa itself...The 2001 census showed that 90% of South Africans in the UK are White (3) Objective measures of Violent Crime: UNODC murder rates most recent year South Africa 31.8 / 15,940 UK 1.2 / 722 But to the broader point also for context: Subregion Rate Count Region     Southern Africa 30.5 17,484 Africa     Central America 28.5 44,997 Americas     Eastern Africa 21.9 69,344 Africa     Middle Africa 20.8 25,330 Africa     South America 20 79,039 Americas     Northern Africa 5.9 12,276 Africa     Northern America 3.9 13,558 Americas     Western Europe 1 1,852 Europe     Australasia 1 268 Oceania SA is basically an ~order of magnitude more violent that north america or western europe base on these data. Furthermore, the variation withing the African data from the sub-saharan regions to the north african ones is quite discernable.