I can't argue with you because I don't know where you live.
But I will say this, I live in an area where the real nasty crime doesn't make the papers because the local town government doesn't want to scare the weekenders, summer people and day trippers away because local revenue would take a fast nose dive.
The older locals still don't lock their houses and cars and some of the second home owners think "ou it's the country, it's safe" - little do they know people live in their house while they're back in city.
Recently 4 men abducted a young girl from a school athletic field and kept her prisoner in a house while used her as their personal sex slave. They got caught after one of the guy started bragging about it in deli less than 500 yard from the school that she was abducted from.
It doesn't happen in your neighborhood until it happens.
No matter who you are or where you live I don't think it's good idea to think "that stuff don't happen here" because if you talk to the old timers they'll tell you "that didn't happen here until.."
Better wide eyed and safe then blindsided.