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Mar 17th, 2006, 18:12
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| Member  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bristol, uk
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| Crime? Off to India in September for 6 months. I would like to know how bad crime is (in general), will I need to be worried about thefts etc in the cities/tourist areas, and what about off the "beaten track?" |
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Mar 17th, 2006, 18:19
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| Account Closed by User's Request  Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands
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| Generally speaking crime is still in it's infancy in India, the risk of petty theft or violent robbery is minimal. That said it pays to be as careful as you would anywhere else, keep your valuables safe in a money belt, don't wander around quite dark places at night and make sure yiur hotel room is secure even if your just popping out for a second. Lock your bags up at night on the train using a chain or bicycle lock. Crime does occur but as a tourist it's easily avoided with a little care. |
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Mar 17th, 2006, 19:52
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| What happened?  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Goa/?
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| Bag snatching seems to be on the up in the Colva/Majorda area.(Goa) 
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Mar 17th, 2006, 20:19
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Mar 17th, 2006, 21:07
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York
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| India is one of the safest places you can travel. Crime, statistically and in actual terms, is quite low, especially for foreign tourists. Just be smart and you'll be fine. |
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Mar 17th, 2006, 21:14
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| Naan.tering Nabob  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap
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| The thought or consequences of getting caught in the act seem to be enough to deter most of those petty thefts.
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Mar 18th, 2006, 20:17
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pune, India
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| This has 2 parts :- Crime can be categorized into small/petty/casual crime. That does happen every now & then. Relative to the population is pretty small. As far as foreigners are concerned I've seen crime happening more with singles people rather than couples. This could be a trend or just a co-incidence which I've come across. The other more serious crimes also do happen but incidences covering foreigners have been low historically. Nowadays there've been quite a few more incidences (couple of them really shocking) but can't finger onto anything other than lust or greed (universally common phenomenon). Found cyberhippie's advice good for newbies. Of course once when u become an old hat in india u do get the sixth sense of where & how to be.  |
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Mar 21st, 2006, 04:07
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Mar 21st, 2006, 11:03
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Oh, and don't leave your "street smarts" at home. There are lots of scams -- so be aware that anything that sounds "too good to be true" usually is. I have never had anything stolen in India -- chances are that you will find the same to be true. | |
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Mar 21st, 2006, 11:24
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India
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| Do not accept any eatables offered by any fellow passenger in a train. Cases of drugging & subsequent robbery are reported regularly. Ofcourse use your common sense & go ahead if an Indian family travelling with you invites you to share their food. |
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Mar 21st, 2006, 14:29
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| Be 'travel smart' as you would in any country. My mate was on her own in mumbai (india gate) and she met some lovely fellows who chatted to her for ages and ages - she thought they were adorable - they said "hey, why don't we get a photo of you in the front of india gate?" and she went "yes, what a great idea thank you" she gave them her camera..................oops! they ran and ran and ran and ran very trusting! (but not 'travel smart') |
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Mar 26th, 2006, 05:59
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| Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cornwall, UK
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| crime I don't think there is much criminal activity, but you may need to keep your wits about you, not to be led into doing things that may not necessarily be to your financial advantage. I found a tendency for conversations to end with some sort of sales pitch; e.g. guide services but I prefer to wander around and see things for myself. However, your 'loss' is likely to be minor. My policy has always been to travel light and without any valuables that might get lost or (far less likely) stolen, and then to stop worrying. I did make sure that money and passport were on my person next to the skin at all times. Air ticket not such a problem, thanks to e-ticketing. It would be an awful shame to let fear of crime spoil your trip in a fascinating and very different country. John |
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