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I don't really consider pick-pocketing and opportunistic theft as a safety issue. It's literally something that can happen anywhere in the world. Rule for me is don't bring anything out with me I can't afford to lose. This is the rule for anything from heading out to dinner in Kits to walking around a sketchy Latin American neighborhood at night.
Things I would consider as safety issues would be a high prevalence of:
Violent Robbery (muggings)
Sexual harassment
Terrorism (sadly a fact in most Western countries now)
Political instability (demonstrations, riots)
Ironically, Eastern Europe has less of the latter 2 issues than Western Europe nowadays.
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