Any random person you pass here is about as likely to be criminal as someone in Albuquerque, which isn't good. But since there are magnitudes fewer people here the risk of coming across them is much lower. A great response time from the local sheriff would be forty minutes, so self-help is prudent.

My rural subdivision has had one break-in in two decades. The villain was caught on the resident's game cam, he was a usual suspect and a deputy picked him up the next day.