Where were you raised??? I don’t ever remember any kidnappings around where I was raised...Everyone all around knew each other and a parent was always close at hand that knew all the kids...
Today, a lot of people don’t even know the people next door much less across the street...
Let's see... the first time someone tried to kidnap me, I was maybe 3 or 4 years old. This was in southern California, at a drive-in movie theater. The second time was in a neighborhood in a small town in northern CA, a town that now has over 1,000 residents since it has grown tremendously since my family lived there in the 1960s. The third time was in another small town in northern CA, a slightly larger town that has also experienced explosive growth and is now almost 8,000 people. The third time, I remember telling friends that I had encountered the Zodiac killer, who was going on a murder spree in the Bay Area at the time (but I did not tell the police).
The crimes were committed in the 1960s and 1970s, but we didn't have instantaneous news the way we do now so were not as aware of them. I think that if you compare actual crime rates, they are lower now.