is it safe to walk the street where you live?

It is never safe here in South Africa, if you check the crime stats our country come second(2nd) on the the list of top five(5) countries at crime. I mean even during the day you get this robbers flying all over trying to grab almost anything you have. There are some streets in the big cities where you cannot walk with your braceletson, necklaces on or even your watches, they would take everything you have on you. Not to say i talk bad about my country...but the truth must come out. It so scary, at nights is even worse because there are whole lot of mad crazy heartless people, scary And now we will be hosting the 2010 fifa soccer world cup, i just wonder what will happen during that short moment of the big event. I think crime is out of hand over here and there is no doubt about that, and i don't think the government is doing enough about it There are lot of innocent people being robbed and killed on a daily basis and the only time you here about the government talking about the status of crime in the country is when someone from the government has beein killed or has been robbed. But too bad for now because most of people who get robbed are just innocent people like me. And what we call our leaders are enjoying their "personal security". I wish FIFA could ban the big even from coming here

I live in London, Ontario, Canada, and for the most part, I feel that the streets here are very safe to walk at night. I personally don't, but that's because my lifestyle doesn't allow for it (I'm at home with my children every night). However, when I don't have the kids, and have the opportunity to go out, I do. I don't feel concerned about my safety the way some people would in other cities. Granted, growing up in Toronto has given me a few street sense skills that not everyone possesses. ;)

I guess they are have had no problem going any where I wanted no matter day or night here. Specialy down town where thereare lots of people. we have the gangs and the hoods. we have drive by shootings but none in my neighborhood. even tho we have a little gang of kids here all I have seen them do is paint on the walls. But if ya walk scared they can tell it . If you walk unscared they leave your alone

I think it's fairly safe. I don't have much to complain about. However I still try to stay on my guards as I never what could happen.

It pretty much is safe for me here. I walk home from school every day. There are stories sometimes, but I've been fine and I walk in broad daylight most of the time. I don't think I could get much safer. I've been fine all this time.

ohhh yeah!!especially on my parents home on my hometown, i really feel safe, maybe because im living in a province so the criminality here is not high, and we could hang out her and no one will make bully at us, as long as we are not noisy, and another thing also in our town the police usually do patrols...happy lotting!!!

I live in a pretty rural area so I think it is fairly safe to walk the streets at night. I have never had any problems.

The days was safe are long gone. I miss that!

Hello My little town is kinda in the country and I do feel safe to walk , and have even took night walks with my fiance and felt safe too . Just a town and river away the area is a little shady and i would not wanna go out at night there , and in the city about 20 mins away it is shady and has much higher crime and hecks no would not feel safe there

I do not think that crime is prevalent in the whole state, there are cities I am sure in every state that have high crime rates. I live in New Jersey, and most people would say that Newark is a high crime city which it is, but Newark in itself would not mean that New Jersey is a high crime state. The city I live in is very small, and I would not have a problem of fear if I were to walk the streets at night. I generally do not go out at night walking the streets because there is nowhere to go, but if I were to just go for a walk at night I would not be afraid.

I live in a fairly new community. The house I live in is about half a decade old. The last time I recall some gang activity here would be about four years ago, at school, where you can clearly see the division by race. It only happened once, and that was about it. So it really is nothing if I walk outside, day or night. I'm in "Canada's High-Tech Capital" - Markham, Ontario, a fairly large place. The place isn't too fond of buildings that go above the treeline, and there's like one or two of those. But a little bit south, to the adjacent area, the Scarborough part of Toronto is known for an increase in crime and homicides for the past few years.

In our place,its safe to walk at night nowadays.The subdivions personnels set out a curfew for all students at 10pm.So no one is staying along the streets by that time except the tanod's/guards that were assign by the subdivision heads.This is very good since im working and most of the time i always come home late.At least I know there are patrols that are walking around at night,i wont be paranoid going home to my place anymore.

It is very safe here for walking the street. Unwanted incidences are very less. Safety on the street depends on how good control the administration have in that area.

HI buddies, Is it safe to walk the street where you live.Yes,its very safe to walk on the street side.No accidents will occur when we walking on the street side it is better to all of us.I will walk from my home to the bus stand by the street side its a better safe.When the vechicles will come fast we don't know its better to go on the street side very safe.

yes it is pretty safe around where I live and I am so happy, I can walk the street at all hours of the day and night

My parents moved me and my siblings from south central los angeles to a quiet little neighborhood in downey, ca and I have to tell you that I feel more comfortable walking around in downey than in a neighborhood in los angeles. I have since moved to Norwalk, Ca and i feel more comfortable walking in my new neighborhood than walking in a los angeles neighborhood. I used work in Inglewood, Ca and people that i worked with will tell me of their friends being jacked, beaten, and all that bad stuff and I just worry. So to answer your question, it is safe to walk around my street at night. People here mind their own business and it usually quiet because are at home after a long day of work. The only noise that you may hear in the early evening are kids playing.

in most places it not safe to walk the street espicially in the big city actually people are living in fear in some parts of the states we have so many gangs attacking people

It is much safe in my street where I live in. In olden days it has some sories about not safe to walk in this way like this. But now a days this problem is not in my place. In my city It is not safe to walk in some particular places. At that time I won't come to that areas. Happy myLotting.

Absolutely. This is one of the reasons we moved to this are. We live in a small town out in the country. We have been here for about 5 years now and haven't had any problems at all. We know all our neighbors and we are all very close knit. We don't lock our cars, we have no need to lock our house. Everyone watches out for everyone here. It's very comforting.

Well, safety in my area depends on the time of day! There have been shootings and stabbings in the vicinity of where I live even though it is a good place. Gang violence is the root cause. It's safe to walk during the day when there is light outside but it gets worse if you walk later at night around 11:00. Quite honestly, it depends on the what's meant to happen. If it's meant to happen, something bad could happen in the day or night!