I'd like to say always, but I also like to go to water parks. Could I be screwed because I'm unarmed and on a water slide when things kick off? Sure. But I accept the risk. I'll travel to Paris. I won't travel to Kabul. I think stats just help you decide where you want to draw the line when the question is "I want to do this, but is it worth it?"
For normal day-to-day, I want to know the patterns. My neighborhood crime rate could be high, but if it's the work of a serial rapist targeting hispanic females, that doesn't affect my day-to-day. If it's a crew carjacking people in 4x4 trucks, then I know to look out for a specific threat. The more I know, the easier my threat scan is.
In short, I want the intel for specific and credible threats, but it doesn't affect what I do day-to-day.