4 out of 10 fearful of walking outside at night

[unreal.livejournal.com]

More than four out of every 10 South Koreans are afraid of walking outside late at night, a police poll showed Sunday, indicating a relatively high level of public anxiety over security at night.

According to the poll by the National Police Agency, 43.7 percent of the total 28,103 respondents said they feel threatened when walking along streets late at night while only 28 percent responded they don’t.

The poll also found that 37.1 percent are afraid of being robbed, while just 30.7 percent are not afraid of such crimes.

Asked about fairness in the way the police deals with investigations, 37.5 percent said the police are fair while 13.7 percent responded otherwise.

“On the basis of the poll results, police will continue reformation efforts in order to help reorient police activities toward people’s needs,” a police official said.

Source: koreaherald

Comments

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

I do know that many people in jail are in there for non-violent crimes, such as scamming, or identity theft...

then again it really depends on what kind of area you live in.
I would feel 100% fine going on a short trip in the middle of the night to the convenient tore or something in the suburbs (like Bun Dang) but in Seoul some places are just creepy.

Plus drunks and gangs (=group of 3 or more people conspiring together to pick fights with people) are much more active at night...

[mgyfan.livejournal.com]

i was in SK last year and i felt 10x safer walking around at night there than i do here (Melbourne,Australia)

[jaded-skys.livejournal.com]

IKR? I'd never be anywhere outside after say, 10 pm in Toronto, but here in Korea I have no problem walking home at 4am and feeling as safe as if it was noon.

[jaded-skys.livejournal.com]

Pfffft, I've gone home drunk at 4am and never felt safer. I'm also the real tall white kid on the street, so I'm probably what they're afraid of.

Now, walking home at like, 10:30 on a rainy night I get a perv jacking off to me walking by. How the hell does that work?

[renew.livejournal.com]

LMAO same here. The only time I ever saw someone "disorderly" (read: drunk and pissing in a corner) was around 11pm.

Walking around at 2:30am? Just me and moonlight.

[epikfailure.livejournal.com]

tbh i am terrified of going out after sundown. there's always news of people getting killed or whatever in the cities nearby, and only two days ago, someone was shot in a nearby town smaller than mine (and my town is pretty small.) i live in the burbs but iashdiuwhes;djsg

and also prob bc i'm super paranoid and i'm always thinking some rapist/drunk/robber/demonmonsterfuck is under a car waiting to get me n______n

CRIES sk people i understand how you feel lmao ;___;

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

I feel pretty safe when I am walking at night. Maybe if I was in Seoul I'd feel differently?

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

I hate going outside after dark.

[woohyun.livejournal.com]

im paranoid when it comes to walking alone in the night....

[highdol.livejournal.com]

walking alone at night where I live scares me
I'm kind of surprised more than half the residents feel safe doing this

[musicsporty1.livejournal.com]

That sounds better than the 10 out of 10 I'll probably find in Southern Arizona.

I felt relatively safe at night in Korea..I lived in Ansan, but that seems to be known for being somewhat unsafe these days. Of course, I wouldn't walk down a dark alley at 1am or anything. XP

[luckhoney.livejournal.com]

girl, i was in a rite-aid at like 3 after drinking and the place got robbed by a bum with a syringe. scary ass stuff.

[imanat.livejournal.com]

I'm too paranoid to walk outside at night no matter where I am. :(

[gunsandsmoke.livejournal.com]

i carry a dinner fork in my bag wherever i go tbh

[floppykpop.livejournal.com]

i think that's considered defensive eating.

[feelin-blu.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, I'm from Chicago, where you would never be walking around by yourself late as night (especially if you're a girl), but here in Korea I have no qualms about walking home by myself down dark back alley/country roads at 2 AM or later in my town. If I lived in a larger town, I'd be much more wary, but my small town is awesomely safe.

[jaded-skys.livejournal.com]

Really? I'd feel less safe in a smaller town than Seoul. There are always people around/a store open to run into here, but in a smaller place? Meep.

[annhh.livejournal.com]

Sooo it's really about where you live? since bigger cities are different anyways... I heard a lot of SK women carry pepper spray when in a country where's lower crime rates women don't as much. That can't be paranoia

I feel safe even though at night our neighborhood has had theft and schools near broken into/vandalized. Even my bike got stolen a year ago and we have a gate... but hey I still feel safe at night (well my area only)

[lil-rach-angel.livejournal.com]

I think the pepper spray and low rate just shows how little sexual assault is reported. So yeah, not paranoia there.

[thetaintedblade.livejournal.com]

in tdad, the worst thing you can do is walk alone in the middle of the night. I'm forever paranoid.

[cher-ex3.livejournal.com]

What is with these numbers??

[kms012.livejournal.com]

LOL, mte. Glad someone else noticed!

[shavashava.livejournal.com]

I think in general people are nervous to walk around late at night, no matter where you live.

As for foreigners feeling 100% safe in Korea, Korea is mostly homogeneous so chances are people don't want to fuck with you anyway.

They should ask how many people have actually experienced something threatening at night rather than how many people worry IF something threatening will happen at night.

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

They should ask how many people have actually experienced something threatening at night rather than how many people worry IF something threatening will happen at night.

This is very true. Living in Seoul I'm curious to know what the numbers are like.

[kmrawr.livejournal.com]

i prefer going out at night actually. oftentimes people are updating their facebook at like 2am saying, "anyone wanna get steak n eggs?" or, "all you can eat sushi?! :D". my city thrives at night though (anyone could probably guess where i live just by that). lots of tourists too, so there's more security.

[sashays27.livejournal.com]

where are youuuuuuu ?

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

pshhhh

I bet its 90% safer than Mexico

[t-domination.livejournal.com]

my city was called the murder capital of Canada for a reason ... so hell no for me to going out at night, eatyourkimchi said walking around at night wasn't very dangerous for them so I guess it only applies where these people live

[jaded-skys.livejournal.com]

guuuuuuurl what city are you in!? Toronto's probably up there. I used to go to school around the WORST area. We'd get attempted rapes/robberies at school no matter what time of day tbqh.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

I avoid walking alone at night.

[evange-lynne.livejournal.com]

lol I want them to come to Monterrey, where everyone is afraid of going outside no matter the hour of the day.

[luckhoney.livejournal.com]

i'll walk alone at night down south but up here in philly? hellll nah. i don't even like walkin around during the day in philly.

[hyukti.livejournal.com]

I've been taught not to walk alone at night no matter where I am, and in some places I'd rather not walk alone even during the day.

[maple88.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of a poll here in Calgary, where something like 60% of Calgarians are fearful because of the amount of crime, despite the crime rate lowering every year.
It's all about media coverage.... -shrug-