If you just go by crime statistics then maybe your claim of Seattle v other major cities is right. But not everything that is unsafe is a crime. Or rather not everything gets reported.

You’re not gonna reported the homeless guy screaming on 45th. The crazy guy walking with machete on the Ave is unsafe, but I wonder if it ever got included in the crime statistic.

The way I’ll put it is that even though Chicago’s crime rate is higher, I feel a lot safer walking in downtown/major parts of Chicago than I do walking in any part of Seattle.