georgegeorgia Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) 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, 2021 by georgegeorgia 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 If you're tucked up in bed before 12.00 you'll be fine 12 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 Quote 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. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgegeorgia Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 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 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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 ???? . 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John435 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. 3 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 No, not in 11 years here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chris.B Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticFox Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Only those who have led a very sheltered life of a child have never felt unsafe. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chris.B Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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! ???????????? 2 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post couchpotato Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. ???? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Leaver Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss1960 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rampant Rabbit Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 every time i get in the car, every time i go to immigration 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cdemundo Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaifly88 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPYNUFF Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I fear a violent reaction from my poodle pup every time I growl at him for barking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Card Posted October 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2021 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XJPSX Posted October 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2021 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. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Only by the police. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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