Yes, as if they need the comfort of knowing that danger only comes from weirdoes (and foreigners).
That most crimes are done by 'normal' people is too scary a concept.
That's what I find so amusing. I've long known that humanity at it's core is still as savage as it was tens of thousands of years ago, and it only takes one motivation of sorts to reveal that truth.
People are only compelled to be civilized by laws, authority, forced ideology and/or religion, subtract all these factors, give people choice and ask yourself, would humanity as a whole be civilized without these elements forced on them? Could it behave civilized without needing law enforcement, moral rulebooks or some divine guidance looking down upon them?
The answer is simply, no.
Even if a small minority decide to be civilized, those people would not survive long from those who are uncivilized, unless, they themselves, resort to the same savage methods to protect their way of life.