Originally Posted by Tr1boy

The OP isn't asking about ANY city in the western world, they are asking about Sydney. I don't get some of the responses here, they are either written by those in denial, or written by those that have never ventured further west than Parramatta or only been in Sydney for a couple of years or less. Undoubtedly, there are some very unsafe places in Sydney and to deny otherwise is simply ludicrous.

However, there are a few assumptions regarding the OP that it would not be unreasonable to make. Most sponsored folks seem to fall into the finance/tech/engineering categories (nursing and teachers excepted) and in Sydney, unless the company has a specific outlier of a location, that's going to mean eastern, city or the telco gutter of Nth Syd, Chatswood, Nth Ryde (and maybe NorWest). Anywhere in spitting distance of those locales is going to be fine, and in IMO a large % of those coming out will end up working in on of those places. So in that regard, yes, Sydney is safe.

But it's an awfully big city. Mrs TB was violently mugged (before I knew her) in one the western suburbs, I had a friend who was car jacked in Smithfield. Ironically all the crime that has ever happened to me ( burgled twice, stolen car, stolen motorbike and beaten up by some drunk lads when i was walking home from a friend's house) have al happened either on the lower nth shore or nthn beaches. But I put that down to being a statistical anomaly in the grand scheme of things.

However with regards to Manly, tbh that's one of the last places I'd feel safe at night on a general basis, especially on the weekend after 10pm, there is just too much rampant drinking there for my liking. Anywhere north of Dee Why however is like another world and extremely safe.

I've rambled a bit, but what I wanted to say was that no, Sydney is far from a 'safe' city and there are some very bad parts. However, in most cases and most situations, those suburbs and situations are very easy to avoid as the demarkation between 'good and bad' places is much more pronounced than say the large cities of the UK.

Originally Posted by paddyo

er......I think we said the same thing really!!!
I said that it is like any other city in that it DOES have dangerous places but also good places, I know of no place in the world where it is a safe Utopia.

Originally Posted by Edric

hi friend, Australia is a cheap and safe country. there is not dangerous place in Australia. So you can stay in any city in Australia. But it You want more facilities you can stay in Sydney.

Originally Posted by commonwealth

i never genuinely felt any serious threat to my safety whilst in sydney. of course there are sensationalised news of incidents, proving there's no perfect place on earth. however relative to other places i feel that sydney is one of the safest multicultural cities on earth.