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Originally Posted by SZTAITAI  2. There are police and everywhere has guards. The metro is totally safe, just watch your wallet around ticket machines.
4. Shenzhen has been cleaned up in recent years. The migrant population from the countryside has been reduced so most people have jobs and are not into crime. There are far more police now and many video cameras. Criminals will always be part of a group, never alone, so you can look out for two or three people hanging about and watching other people. Crime is not violent, they will just try pickpocketing or some scam to get money. |
I have personally had a book stolen from my bag on the SZ metro in the past six months. No idea why they wanted the book, I am guessing they were just fishing for something valuable. So I dispute the "SZ Metro being totally safe" comment.
Whilst there are a lot of police--especially if you count those guys in the green and the guys on the blue uniforms who appear to be some sort of guards (but not police)--I am of the opinion that most just look the other way. After all, there are five floors of fake merchandise there (with signs asking you to report fake mercahandise) and, as you correctly point out, small bands of petty criminals which you suggest are easy for tourists to spot so you'd think the police could do the same.
And the petty criminals all know where the cameras are, so it isn't like cameras stop anything (so beware the elevators and escalators).
SZ has been cleaned up, but that seems to mean they removed most of the beggars.