I completely agree it's one of the safest places I've ever been and I never fear for my safety in Thailand. The vast majority of the violence is Thai on Thai, and it's usually young punks, or related to drugs and other criminal activity.
Totally agree with you both.
Lived here 25 years now.
No issues at all.
Same with Singapore and Hong Kong.
Cannot same the same for UK (Birmingham) and Oz (Sydney).