Statistics On Most Risky Neighborhoods In Bsas

[ajoknoblauch]

nlaruccia I wrote one of the quotes, that Palermo Chico is safe and clean, because it totally is. Its a part of Palermo, totally different from Palermo Viejo, or Soho, or Hollywood, etc. Palermo chico is top of the line, the most exclusive and expensive part of the city by far, plenty of embassies, of important people, celebrities, mansions, etc, so YES is clearly more safe than the rest of Capital Federal (I would say is the safer barrio of the country with Puerto Madero).

Its totally another Palermo.

I also consider Palermo Botánico a very safe area. I am more circumspect, but hardly paranoid, in Soho or Hollywood.

 

[Rich One]

Then why do so many on the forum give the wrong advice to the newcomers and newbies about how safe Palermo is? It doesn't seem like safe nor responsible advice.....RichOne, you've given some great advice.

Rich One
Posted 10 February 2014 - 02:25
Is Palermo safe? any more?
Palermo: denounces more than 600 thefts in 90 days.
http://www.clarin.co...1081692043.html



Posted 09 February 2014 - 10:18 PM
Palermo chico is the most exclusive part of the city. Of course its nice and safe and clean and recommendable.

Posted 13 April 2014 - 03:44 PM


IMHO, most of BA barrios are ok regarding to safety. Palermo, Belgrano, Nuñez, Recoleta, Villa Urquiza, Caballito, Almagro, Boedo, Villa Crespo, Chacarita, Colegiales, San Telmo, Balvanera, they are pretty much all the same talking of security. Id be careful with La Boca, Barracas, Retiro, Constitucion, Once.




Posted 10 February 2014 - 09:02 AM
Honestly, for a tourist who is a week in B.A., it doesn't matter too much if its Recoleta, Palermo Soho, Palermo Hollywood or Palermo Chico. In areas you'll find bars and restaurants and they are all pretty central and safe.



Posted 09 February 2014 - 01:47 PM
forget the hotels... rent a large apartment for a week..... in recoleta or palermo.......


Posted 09 February 2014 - 03:48 PM


belgrano got to be the most boring barrio of the capital.
...yes but its safe and secure - and when you go out you go somewhere else to party


Posted 09 February 2014 - 06:56 PM
I'm in Alto Palermo, very safe, great transport links and close to everything!

Posted 09 February 2014 - 09:47 PM
Without any doubts, Palermo Chico. We lived one year in a PH in Palermo Soho and you cannot simply compare these two. Chico is close to parks, subte, it is airy, safety and perfect for hanging out and morning running

The most scary thing to me is when Thugs enter a Pizzeria or restaurant at lunch time or dinner time and ransack all the clients as well as the cashier at gunpoint. I only takes a few minutes. Happens often in Palermo, kiss goodbye your wallet, money, cell phones , jewelry, etc A bullet shot by accident may ricochet into your body.

 

[Crema Americana]

Palermo is huge... both in population and land mass. I would still recommend Palermo over many other barrios... if anything, this just points out how widespread crime is. You are not 'safe' anywhere and the neighborhoods have a lot of variance between them.


So, which are the safe barrios?

 

[nlaruccia]

nlaruccia I wrote one of the quotes, that Palermo Chico is safe and clean, because it totally is. Its a part of Palermo, totally different from Palermo Viejo, or Soho, or Hollywood, etc. Palermo chico is top of the line, the most exclusive and expensive part of the city by far, plenty of embassies, of important people, celebrities, mansions, etc, so YES is clearly more safe than the rest of Capital Federal (I would say is the safer barrio of the country with Puerto Madero).

Its totally another Palermo.

The thing is Matias is that you're from here. So your accustomed to always being alert and possibly some travelers from dangerous areas like parts of Brazil will definitely find BsAs safe in comparison. Most of the tourists come here from Europe, the USA and Canada and they have a different definition of safety. There's been a recent thread about how many people here are from Seattle, and I imagine that they can walk around the city or in Bellevue or Woodinville, talking on their cell phones without fear of a motochorro running them down. They can dine comfortably in a restaurant and leave their purse hanging on the side of their chair (not between their legs like women do here) and leave their notebooks or cellphones resting on the table without the fear that the restaurant will be raided and the entire place robbed. They're not used to restaurants having private security officers stand at the entrance door, having the timbres to their apartments and front doors disabled so they can't buzz someone in when they need to, or making sure no one is following them to their apartment building before opening their front door. And these things are a common occurrence and have become a way of life in Buenos Aires. So for many newbies not used to that "way of life" it's not responsible for those of us with more experience to advise them to feel free and safe walking around the city. They don't need to be paranoid, but yes they should be advised to learn how to become street smart.

 

[Matiasba]

The thing is Matias is that you're from here. So your accustomed to always being alert and possibly some travelers from dangerous areas like parts of Brazil will definitely find BsAs safe in comparison. Most of the tourists come here from Europe, the USA and Canada and they have a different definition of safety. There's been a recent thread about how many people here are from Seattle, and I imagine that they can walk around the city of in Bellevue or Woodinville, talking on their cell phones without fear of a motochorro running them down. They can dine comfortably in a restaurant and leave their purse hanging on the side of their chair (not between their legs like women do here) and leave their notebooks or cellphones resting on the table without the fear that the restaurant will be raided and the entire place robbed. They're not used to restaurants having private security officers stand at the entrance door, having the timbres to their apartments and front doors disabled so they can't buzz someone in when they need to, or making sure no one is following them to their apartment building before opening their front door. And these things are a common occurrence and have become a way of life in Buenos Aires. So for many newbies not used to that "way of life" it's not responsible for those of us with more experience to advise them to feel free and safe walking around the city. They don't need to be paranoid, but yes they should be advised to learn how to become street smart.

I think expats here tend to overreact. I mean, the clearly unsafe part of the city is Microcentro. Then, its all almost the same. I once said here that crime is not located, if it were it would be easy to avoid it or fight to. So the parameter to determinate how safe a place is, is based on our perceptions on how it looks, if its dark, dodgy, etc.
The city is relatively safe, and the insecurity phenomena is relatively new (it started in mid 90s, before then you could totally walk at 3 AM everywhere with no problems).
We used to have European standards on security till 20 years ago. So Im not accustomed, its not the city where I grew up.

I think that crime is increasing and surely exists but also there is too much paranoia with this issue. The only place you must be paranoid is at microcentro and in the subte. Then, its ok, its not Europe or Canada or the US, but its not soooooo different, you just have to take care, as in any major city of the US. I been in the US and its not that different from here. Of course you dont have villas, or ugly scary faces, but if you act naturally and dont panic nothing happens.

 

[Rich One]

The safest Barrio Puerto Madero, because all Government Officials live there The most dangerous time of the day anywhere is Sunday after 5 AM and early Mornings, All the druggies come out of the Clubs desperate to get cash to enter the After-Clubs to get more drugs. They go balistic on pedestrians kioskos, whatever to get cash.

 

[gpop]

The safest Barrio Puerto Madero, because all Government Officials live there The most dangerous time of the day anywhere is Sunday after 5 AM and early Mornings, All the druggies come out of the Clubs desperate to get cash to enter the After-Clubs to get more drugs. They go balistic on pedestrians kioskos, whatever to get cash.

I think that's because the area is policed by Prefectura Naval Argentina not PFA. Although recently, coming out of YCA at night to make my way home; I've been seeing a steep rise in prostitution that I didn't see last year. Perhaps this signifies changes in control in the area. Either way, the the PNA presence is unmistakable and not as lax as with PFA around the city.

 

[nlaruccia]

I think that's because the area is policed by Prefectura Naval Argentina not PFA. Although recently, coming out of YCA at night to make my way home; I've been seeing a steep rise in prostitution that I didn't see last year. Perhaps this signifies changes in control in the area. Either way, the the PNA presence is unmistakable and not as lax as with PFA around the city.

The police can't arrest prosititutes. Soliciting sex for money isn't illegal. They're just following the money trail, and there's more of it in Puerto Madero and Recoleta.

 

[Rich One]

21 yo Student stabbed to death before entering her apartment in Almagro 7,30 am today , oh it's not Palermo sorry

 

[Matiasba]

21 yo Student stabbed to death before entering her apartment in Almagro 7,30 am today , oh it's not Palermo sorry

I doubt she was murderer for the money. In TV people are talking of something happening in the night club before. They didnt stole her. She was chilean BTW.