JM13- +1!
I feel much safer in Eretz Yisrael. When I am in the US, I can’t walk around at night. I couldn’t go to the shopping area in Lakewood after 5:00 pm in the Winter. I was once mugged at 9:00 pm in the Summer. When I told someone about it, she said, “Why were you walking around at 9:00 pm?”
In EY, you can safely walk around till 2:00 am. I have lived here for many years, and I am out at all hours, and Boruch Hashem, I have never once been mugged. I have rarely ever had to cross the street or choose a different route because a particular person or neighborhood seemed scary.
When I lived in the US, whenever I heard a noise late at night, I would get scared and look out the window to see if anyone was trying to break in. Here, I never have to worry about such things. Sometimes when I hear a noise at night and I start to get startled, but then I remember that I am back in EY and I have nothing to be scared of. I keep the door locked, but you really don’t have to (at least not for safety), and many people don’t.
Everyone in my city is Jewish, and the majority are Frum.
I definitely feel more secure, more relaxed and more free here as JM13 put it.