Trinidad and tobago, Bad places?

The crime has definitely become really terrible in the last 5 years or so. We've had close to 520 murders for the year so far. (population 1.2 million). We have the 14th highest murder rate in the world. I think most people in Trinidad have had experiences with crime or know someone who has been hurt by it whether is be kidnapping, murder, robbery, theft etc. It is definitely not the kind of place you can walk around the town at night. Yes it is true that there is crime everywhere but in Trinidad it exists in a disproportionate way to our size and population and there are very few if any places that have been unaffected. It was not always like this and you need to ask people before you decide to go somewhere if it is a reasonably safe place.