How safe do you personally feel in your own city, purely subjectively?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

A question spawning from another poppy's If a sign isn't in your language can you ignore it?

And a question born from looking at this intriguing chart, primarily using self-report data

[Kaneki05]

Leeds in England I was in a gang during a few years of high school, and say I feel pretty safe. A lot of crime is well you had to get involved for it to be a problem, or be a store.
I'd say though it's not a picket fence, as in meaning if you live here ya know what life is really like with a mix of everything unlike those who live in a area with luxury of not needing to know.

[Anonymous]

I don't, not at all... I really wish I was born in any other city in the world.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Sorry to hear that, what city is it?

[Opinion Owner]

It's Sisak.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Croatia, okay, what makes it unsafe?

[Opinion Owner]

Corruption mostly, and malicious people.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

All right, I don't hear often of Croatia to be fair, I heard it's a cheap destination for tourists in the EU but that's about it

[Opinion Owner]

I know, but that's just a cheap commercial.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

best of luck to you then, hope you will take off at some point, it's really shitty to be locked in a city you don't feel safe living in

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you, I hope so too.

[purplepoppy]

Here's a couple of screenshots from the local paper. It's an old article but you get the general idea

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I get the idea but I also get that it's 2021, it wasn't a good year for crime involving bodies lolol

[purplepoppy]

I once witnessed a police officer bent over this guy drunk as a skunk sitting by some bins at 2 in the afternoon. He asked if he was going to be arrested and was told nah I can't be arsed with the paperwork.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

😂😂

[Abbycado]

Both at school and in my hometown, I feel pretty safe.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

We're talking about a town or a city though, since it's probably unfair to put towns and cities in the same boat?

[Abbycado]

At home, the city is 100k people. I would not call that a town.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

yup, it says small city to me

[Abbycado]

Definitely small. I like that tho. Enough stuff around without being God awful crowded.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I relate, I'm fine with pops between 100k and 500k, not really beyond that

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I hate to feed into this but as a 6ft 230lb guy who quite frankly would love to hit someone with an absolutely devistating side kick (I'm still pretty quick too) and watch them fly 3-5 feet (I hope I'm wearing my boots), I feel pretty safe pretty much anywhere I go.

[MrChinaski]

I had a friend who had extensive training in at least three different martial arts. He paid his way through uni as a bouncer. Decided to give it away when he got a corporate job... shirt, tie, bruises and cuts Monday mornings wasn't the right look. He seriously missed the head crunching though.

[Chazmatazz269]

I practice vigilance to a greater degree than anywhere else that i have ever lived because i live in the kind of place where if i am victimized, i cannot count on justice from the system. I am fortunate though that i look like the kind of person that most people don’t want to f*ck with. Additionally, i can generally take care of myself. Therein is where my sense of security stems from.

[DryGermanGuy]

Apart from Berlin, which is shithole with many lowlifes, German cities are very safe. I have been walking and biking through them alone and at night for decades now.

[Zack-Bann]

I see unsafe elements all the time but I personally do feel safe


I’m a tall and bulky guy with a full beard hardly the target of choice for petty mugging

[BonzoInBitburg]

Very safe. I live in a small city of 75k and my house and truck are never locked. I don't know anyone in my city who has had anything stolen in our city.

[goaded]

Very. The scariest thing that has happened to me in 20-odd years is that I almost got hit by a moron on an e-scooter on the pavement (sidewalk).

[Drumlin2001]

Around where I live is safe enough, though surrounding areas have declined in recent years. I work in big city, parts I go for work are broadly safe. Other areas make me nervous

[WindAtMyBack]

I've lived in 15-20 towns/cities in 10 US states. I've never lived anywhere that I felt unsafe.

[Tarifa]

Apart from 1 specific area where you better not venture alone at night, fairly safe.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Major Spanish city I assume?

[Tarifa]

Yes, you're right about that. But it's a known hot spot for drug traffic. I think all major cities in most countries face the same problem.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

They should logically face the same problem yep. In Spain, I can only talk for Bilbao as a 1 week tourist, so it's really thin but it felt extraordinarily safe to me

[Tarifa]

It just depends where you go. I've felt safe in Paris, but also very unsafe in certain areas.

[RavVid]

Very. Melbourne just scored world's best city by Time Out. Part of that is feeling safe along side great coffee and cafes.

[queenofcardio]

Kinda safe. Some parts of my city are sketchy but overall it's not bad..

[MrChinaski]

100% safe. Street crime almost doesn't exist here. Still the usual: burglaries, domestic violence, etc.

[4ngelic]

i'm in small european village in the mountains, feel 100% safe

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Shanghai is as safe as it gets I feel. Very safe.

[MannMitAntworten]

Safe as a baby in their cradle. Granted, I do not live in a God forsaken city.

[Kelly6]

Very safe,

As my country always stays away from wars

[captain_voidwalker]

I fell very safe in Dallas Texas because I always have a 9mm strapes to my hip. God bless the 2nd amendment

[beefcakebradybatson]

Parts of Windsor are rather unsafe, and drugs abound. A Central Windsor librarian said she saw a dude tweaking at a computer terminal !!!

[Unycorn]

Very safe. Not 100 % but nearly.

[Jeff51]

Feel pretty safe. San diego has navy, seals, army. Military here won't play around here.

[Massageman]

I feel relatively safe in my city.

[fish5505_87]

I don't live anywhere near those places, oh well.

[msc545]

I pretty much like it here.

[Spencer10]

Very safe.