Almost anyplace close to the US in the "tropics" is going to be much less safe than most of the US.

Top 11 Countries with the Highest Homicide Rates*

• Incidents per 100,000 people - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2018

El Salvador - 52.02
U.S. Virgin Islands (U.S. territory) - 49.28
Jamaica - 43.85
Lesotho - 43.56
Honduras - 38.93
Belize - 37.79
Venezuela - 36.69
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 36.54
South Africa - 36.40
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 36.09
Nigeria - 34.52

Then the US is 4.96 on this metric.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/violent-crime-rates-by-country