My favorite is still the British Virgin Islands. At least it was when I was there 18 years old. There was ONE murder on the island a few years before. ONE. It was the first in over 20 years that was not a domestic(man on wife). It is extremely safe. Plus there are no big resort hotels. No casinos. Plus , do not even think about smuggling drugs into the island, except pot. You still feel like you are in the old Caribbean. The boating is great. The only negative was Road Town, Tortola put in a cruise ship dock about 19 years ago. So, after that you had to time your visits at certain beaches for when the cruise ships were or not in port.
I’ve never been to the British Virgin Islands. I’ve been to Puerto Rico, which was nice, but with all of the bars on the windows, it seemed likely that there was a problem with theft. However, it was beautiful and the people were very nice.
BVI is so beautiful and the sailing is wonderful. Years ago it was very safe. There were no drugs, although you could get some Cuban cigars.
It’s a bit different now, especially after the hurricane. I just got back from there two months ago. The Islands had heavy damage from the storm, many places were destroyed. Peter Island won’t be open for another year! There are still some abandoned boats that were pushed inland and haven’t been removed yet. There are still half destroyed abandoned houses. Unfortunately, drugs seemed to be everywhere, mainly grass. And now there are the usual tourist scams that were not there in the past. It’s sad.