Is Dublin really safe?

Are those aggressive young lads you see in Merrion Square coming from the flats in Pearse St or the south inner city?

As I said "gentrified' definitely means different things to different people.

I saw this link on reddit the other day and thought of this thread. It's based off eurostat data for reported robbery stats but it is interesting in that it clearly shows where Ireland's problem is, basically Dublin.

Obviously there's loads of caveats like the level of reporting etc.. but it is as good a visual as I've seen floating around and it certainly chimes with my feeling about how safe is Dublin.

I feel having lived in Dublin between the canals that there's probably a massive underreporting of crime where there isn't a good visible police presence, but in Spain where often the police presence is noticeable you're going to get far more reporting of theft and other crimes than you'd get in Dublin.

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tell me this now and tell me no more...instead of arguing that Dublin isnt as bad as say Soweto,South Africa or Naples,Italy or San Salvador,El Salvador and sure tis all grand why not push to become one of the safest cities? while Dublin isnt the worst its not all that great either...ive lived all over Dublin since i came here in 1976 or 77,north,south east and west,worked on building sites all over the city,drove a taxi on nights from about 1988/89 until around 2000/01 and now in security,seen the best and the very worst it has to offer,robbed/mugged/thumped several times,had several motorbikes and cars robbed,had flats/houses broken into,so while id agree that can happen anywhere dont be telling people "ah sure Dublin is great,nothin ever happens"

im form a quiet part of donegal and id agree with you,even just getting to work is a hassle,i know its part of the lifestyle of living in a big city but christ it could be so much better...thats why im retiring to a nice,quiet village in Italy in a couple of years,no hassles,hardly any traffic,definitly none of our track-suited fcukhead fraternity running about and with Polizia di Stato and Carabinieri who have always been friendly to me(been going there regularly for about 15yrs) they also have a "**** around and find out" attitude on a very regular patrol keeping the place quiet and fcukhead free...

Good if it works for you, but I found congestion worked against meeting up with people.

Interestingly my Dublin nieces and nephews except one have left for lifestyle reasons. Dublin was the place to go once.

it's busier than ever now, and yes congestion is part of living in a busy city unfortunately but it doesn't bother me as i commute by bike

I was working city centre just before the pandemic and I thought the junky and scrote jamboree was terrible then. The pandemic just revealed what was already there.

If caught slap on the wrist and run along yeh little scamps.

https://x.com/sjanemurf/status/1799508010252828788

This is my experience also.

Dublin's pretty safe although there's probably a bit more dodgy types in the city centre than most capital cities.

There's huge stretches of the city that have very little crime I'd imagine. Huge areas of the south side I think have very little crime for example.

I'm Dublin born and bred and work in the city centre.

The amount of wrong 'uns hanging around and selling drugs on the corner of Westmoreland Street and other places in plain sight is just...grim.

I've travelled widely and never seen the likes.

Westmorland St was dodgy 30 years ago so not surprised at that.

What is somewhat refreshing in some of the posts above is those who live and work in Dublin in the main, are complaining about congestion but not complaining about crime.

I was probably anti-pedestrianisation of Dublin center city in the past but if could model ourselves on somewhere like Bordeaux it could work out very well.

What I don’t want to see happen is good shops closing because cars are banned- we need to support the shops that are there and make shopping in Dublin City center a pleasure not a pain.

I’d never dream of heading to Arnotts or Grafton st to shop outside of 9am arrival time on a Saturday morning - I get in, do what I have to /want to do, and leave by 12 at latest - that’s hastle free to me. But if the car routes into the city are disrupted and no clear easy alternative is there, I won’t do that journey.

I visit Dublin for work every few weeks- sometimes by public transport which is a pain but mostly by car- it’s in early and out early for me but even then it’s hard work and some congestion- I spent 25 years commuting daily and I’m sick of it now.

There will always be crime but hopefully the levels will be low- but without proper supports, current shops will close and many of our streets will just have takeaways and restaurants and nail bars just like the UK- we need to wake up quickly and preserve as much good about our city as we can

This conversation isn't about traffic congestion

We did. You seem more concerned about being able to drive into Ireland junky dumping ground than anything else.

Is this thread called "is Dublin really drivable?"

No, it's not.