Have you ever felt unsafe or in danger from crime in Pattaya?

particularly from other farang?

I had a work colleague recently ask me areas to avoid in Pattaya when it gets busy again and i mentioned Walking Street ,the danger being drunken farang

 

I have had some incidents over the last 20 years so as i get older and ready to retire im more cautious.

For many years i avoided Walking Street particularly at night or in the early hours after some East European drunk guys shoulder barged me

 

its not the thai people im cautious of in pattaya but the drunken tourists and that something i will have to think about when i consider retiring there and areas not to live close by 

 

Many younger Aussies,Brits and europeans forget when they're drunk and its early hours and they think they are still in their home country and start fighting and looking for problems,i remember seeing this a few times at Mcdonalds in the early hours up at beach road, 

 

Last time i was nearly attacked was 2016 when two farang guys blind  drunk probaly in their 30's and shaped up to me as i was walking past,that was on beach road in the early hours

Edited October 8, 20214 yr by georgegeorgia

If you're tucked up in bed before 12.00 you'll be fine

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Have you ever felt unsafe or in danger from crime in Pattaya?

Not in the 18 years I live there. One lone small incident in all those years with a drunken Iranian tourist on a baht bus.

It was easy to teach him that woman in Thailand are treated differently to his s.hole home country.

I feel much more safe here than in some corners of Berlin, Paris or Malaga.

3 minutes ago, JustAnotherHun said:

Not in the 18 years I live there. One lone small incident in all those years with a drunken Iranian tourist on a baht bus.

It was easy to teach him that woman in Thailand are treated differently to his s.hole home country.

I feel much more safe here than in some corners of Berlin, Paris or Malaga.

I have anxiety and dont like to walk thru crowds particularly drunken ones on walking street and also i hate crowded baht buses,the incident your referring to i probaly would of minded my own business i try not to get involved

 

Sixteen years for me and only a single incident with a farang.... I talked to his lady and he got really in my face... I suspect he had drank a lot or consumed some exotic substance. So in reality, the place is pretty safe....

Dark alleys at 4am should be a no-no.....

As Scubascuba3 above mentioned, make midnight the hour your turn your lights off, that way you avoid the really drunk ones hanging on for the last drinks then stumbling along and looking for a fight at the slightest.

 

The above said, i.e. unless your waiting for the ladyboys, then deal with what may come your way.

 

I never saw my retirement as being out till all hour of the night, especially when holidaying, it would be an early dinner, back to the hotel for a shower, a coffee and then out to find me a filly that could play a couple of games of pool, have a couple of drinks, then back to my hotel for the romp and by 11-11.30pm I would be showing her the door or walking her down to the motorbike taxi and giving here a goodbye hug, if they wanted to stay the night, oh no sorry, my wife will be here in 1 hour, those ones wouldn't wait for me to walk them down to the motorbike taxi or the goodbye hug.

 

No drunks, no fights, unless you want to be up for it, but best get your sleeping pattern in place, because if your an early riser like me, midnight is late ????

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Farangs (Russian) sold me a car. Got it checked by the driving centre garage. 3rd party (Thai) involved said no accident. After sale, next garage I went to said it had “too much accident”. The 3rd party had also offered to update my green book for me for B5000 and after many calls has still not given the book back. I now have no tax and she won’t answer my calls. Not a violent crime but sucks to be the victim. Any suggestions by the way?

31 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I have anxiety and dont like to walk thru crowds particularly drunken ones on walking street and also i hate crowded baht buses,the incident your referring to i probaly would of minded my own business i try not to get involved

 

YOu got all sorts of problems and you still want to come to Thailand. Not a smart plan. You need to be a bit flexible and easy to live here.

No, not in 11 years here.  

You are not street wise, that's the problem.  If you want to retire somewhere more quiet go to Cha-Am, everybody there goes to bed at 9pm. ????????

 

1 minute ago, newnative said:

No, not in 11 years here.  

Most people don't have problems. But the OP constantly starts topics like this. Always something new he worries about. Combine that with anxiety that he mentioned it might not be smart to move to Thailand.

 

Unless of course all those things he always brings up are just ways for him to keep boredom down and are not really bothering him.

 

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

If you're tucked up in bed before 12.00 you'll be fine

Actually?  Don't leave your home.  Now you're safe.  Well, unless you're a victim of a home invasion - then if you fight back?  You'll probably be put into Thai jail as the RTP and Thai media seek "justice!"

Perhaps it's just time to return to the home country 'eh?

Only those who have led a very sheltered life of a child have never felt unsafe.

I used to go to Pattaya. Drunkenness, fighting, swearing, sex, talking loudly, vomiting. Then I got married to a Thai lady and she stopped all of that by not letting me out any more! ????????????

 

11 minutes ago, Chris.B said:

I used to go to Pattaya. Drunkenness, fighting, swearing, sex, talking loudly, vomiting. Then I got married to a Thai lady and she stoppedt by not letting me out any more! ????????????

 

Possibly a better ending:

I used to go to Pattaya. Drunkenness, fighting, swearing, sex, talking loudly, vomiting. Then I got married to a Thai lady and she stopped doing all of that. ????

 

The only feeling of being unsafe here, or becoming a victim here, for me, comes from the police and courts.

 

You may be completely innocent, but if trouble finds you one day, as a farang, you very well may be extorted by police, and the judicial system.   

The only thing the OP seems to "know" about Pattaya is Walking Street - and probably all the 6.x and 13.x sois - and only during nighttime. If you then are drunk yourself and run into other alcoholics (Thai or foreigner does'nt matter), it is the recipe for problems. OP better stays home.

every time i get in the car, every time i go to  immigration

12 hours ago, Chris.B said:

everybody there goes to bed at 9pm. ????????

Chripes  thats so  late,  ill be asleep by 8-3o i'm certainly not going to this lawless place

Ego and alcohol are not good companions…The night life is for those who know it. I never have been in trouble simply because …Two don't fight if one doesn't want to.

I once had an Aussie tourist ask me to take his photo on Walking Street during the day.

He told me he wanted to get a picture on the "most dangerous street in Pattaya".

I still wonder where he got his information.

 

 

Every single day before I get my first beer. That´s real anxiety!

 

Imagine turning around in the morning, and the only thing you see is the last empty bottle since yesterday. You look at the time and it´s only four.

 

Oh my God! It´s a full hour left until the first Mom N Pop - Shop opens up for egg, vegetables and beer.

 

Imagine how victimized I feel all the time!

14 hours ago, John435 said:

Any suggestions by the way?

If you have details of the 3rd party you could make a police report. Although I suspect they may not be interested. 

15 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Have you ever felt unsafe or in danger from crime in Pattaya?

No, but of course I've never been to Pattaya.

15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

If you're tucked up in bed before 12.00 you'll be fine

Yeah, bad things happen after midnight. That said, I have had very few problems with Thai people over the years. I find them honest and mostly courteous. Farangs, on the other hand , can be a handful.

I fear a violent  reaction from my poodle pup every time I  growl at him  for barking.

15 hours ago, Chris.B said:

You are not street wise, that's the problem.  If you want to retire somewhere more quiet go to Cha-Am, everybody there goes to bed at 9pm. ????????

 

In Nan it coincides with sundown to save electricity.

As you note, it seems most of the fights and crime in Pattaya is an after 1 a.m. event and located in or near a bar... 

 

all I would think is easily avoidable... 

Handful of friends I know have had their house robbed. 
There will always be problems when people with limited brain capacity congregate to get drunk in the company of Asian hookers.

Generally Thailand is safer than many other countries in my opinion...farangs are the biggest problem - in Pattaya.

Only by the police.