Russia is fairly mono cultural too. Is it safe?

Yes. Russia is inarguably safer in terms of street crime than the USA.

Philadelphia in 2025 had a higher murder rate than Belfast during the height of a civil war.

Crime in the USA is also extremely regional and local in pattern.

	▲	mmooss an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Philadelphia in 2025 had a higher murder rate than Belfast during the height of a civil war. Do you have a cite? In American cities crime is at generational lows, including / especially murder.
	▲	deepsun 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Oh no, no way. Child violence on the streets and in school is WAY higher, it's ingrained in culture. It's also pretty rare if a Russian kid would tell his parents about it (only if property damage is involved). I don't know how your link gathers data (website only shows one dude, software engineer, not a professional survey statistician), but from personal experience I can surely say it's rankings are BS. The closest in US are the "bad towns" like East Palo Alto or some neighborhoods of Oakland, with their respect for ex-cons and prison slang.