Is Dublin really safe?

This is off tangent to Dublin but in my opinion towns and cities in the country are gradually getting more unsafe.

There has been an increase of petty to serious antisocial behavior in most if not all major urban centers which we are almost becoming immune to now.

The carrot approach combined with the revolving door justice system and no more personal accountability ( it's society's fault apparently) is slowly leading us down this path.

I've arrived at the conclusion that once a towns centre of business, shopping, offices, etc.. moves out to retail and commercial zones in the burbs the old urban centres lose their vitality. Plus as the residential suburbs expanded families moved out from above shops and pubs leaving the centres behind.

I have never had a problem in Dublin anytime I was there thankfully.

That's harsh. I never found it bad. Have walked it thousands of times.

I know everyone has different experiences but I really don’t think it’s credible to consider Limerick has become more dangerous in recent times. I’m sure it can be sketchy but I have gone on 2 nights out in Limerick in the last 12 months, in a million years I wouldn’t have gone there in the 90s due to the perception of it being rough , it was called stab city for god sake, even by locals! Then there was the Dundon gang stuff of the 00s

You never experienced 3rd world conditions if you think Talbot Street is anywhere close to that level. Ludicrous take.

Just visit South Africa or Brazil (neither of which are 3rd world countries btw) and get a glimpse of the townships next to Cape Town Airport or the favelas in Rio and come back to us. Hell that's not even to talk about the slum districts in Mumbai or Delhi and again India isn't 3rd world.

Would you not think that the ranking for Dublin in that list of friendly cities would drop down a few places now that we are in 2024. That above article was published about a month before the Dublin riots which took place in November. Have you noticed that drop in friendliness from people going about their business in Dublin City Centre since those riots occurred last year?

I disagree.

Dublin might have more defined no go areas back then, joyriding, heroin etc. The city was half derelict. But it wasn't as dirty or so many minor crimes and assaults as there are today. Talbot St is on the fringe if some of the rougher areas in Dublin. I know someone that was assaulted there a recently. Dublin has a much higher population now and is busier with more people, so it might seem like it's less desolate than it used to be but crime is still happening.

I don't believe any stats that say otherwise. Crime stats in Ireland have all sorts of scandals they just aren't reliable.

I suspect a lot just aren't getting reported in the media.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/danger-on-talbot-street-im-threatened-every-day-1490213

https://extra.ie/2024/06/12/news/welsh-tourist-slashed-in-the-face

I would say Dublin is kinda mostly ok.. But It's not as nice or well policed as a capital city should be. Or one that promotes itself a tourist destination or land of a thousand welcomes.

Talbot Street/Oconnell Street area is poor and I personally never go there. That said, the southside city centre is generally very nice. Never had or seen an unsavoury issue and I am there week in week out.

Are you blaming the north sides crime problem on immigrants? I'd love to see your research on the matter.

Absolutely disgusting attack.

It made me feel literally sick in my stomach.

My own experience which I posted about on here previously...I was slashed in the face in kilmainham while walking home totally unprovoked basically outside the Gardai station they did the sum of sweet FA. With the publicity this will attract they might actually put some work into catching the low life's involved. I wish the young man involved a speedy recovery.

These days aren't great in Dublin either with the shoe box landlordism of FFG.

The truth is outside of the north inner city no one really cares if it burned to the ground tomorrow. The only reason anyone ever ventures that way now is for a gig/match in Croker. Now the teams and fans are gone straight after the match, whereas I remember all Ireland parties going into the night around the stadium.