safer than other countries
posted by Jose O in Peru forum
Peru is not a dangerous country, there are cities with much more criminal rates in USA than Lima for instance. In general violent crimes are less in Peru than many countries in south America. Of course in any city of the world there are some dangerous areas that you have to be aware, probably the bad thing in Lima and other cities is that the public transportation is caotic and taxis from the street unreliable because most of them are not registered (do not use preferably) is better to call a taxi company. Another problem is that there are many corrupted police officers but if you respect the rules they can´t do anything against you, besides those issues walk, travel, living in Peru is pretty safe and a great experience