What's the crime rate against Americans and other expats in the Panama City, Panama area of San Francisco?
Isaac Dabah
I grew up in Panama City and I have lived here my whole life. I would consider that the San Francisco area of Panama City is a generally safe area for Americans to walk around even by night. Just be considerate and you'll be fine. There's very little crime here and Americans aren't singled out.
I grew up in Panama City and I have lived here my whole life. I would consider that the San Francisco area of Panama City is a generally safe area for Americans to walk around even by night. Just be considerate and you'll be fine. There's very little crime here and Americans aren't singled out.
Posted December 23, 2013
Lourdes Townshend
Crime in San Francisco, Panamá.
In this days, crime is an issue everywhere, and Panamá is not the exception. Great efforts are being made to protect locals and visitors. Panamá does not have an army,; just local police and a very highly trained elite border police patrol.
In San Francisco, a neighborhood in Panama City, could easily be one of the safest places to live and conduct business. It...
Crime in San Francisco, Panamá.
In this days, crime is an issue everywhere, and Panamá is not the exception. Great efforts are being made to protect locals and visitors. Panamá does not have an army,; just local police and a very highly trained elite border police patrol.
In San Francisco, a neighborhood in Panama City, could easily be one of the safest places to live and conduct business. It has an extensive recreational park that opens up at 4:30 AM and closes at 10:00 PM, and you never hear one single complaint of a robbery or any other problem. That doesn´t necessary mean it will never happen, though. Panamá is a very modern and cosmopolitan city, and these things happen in big cities.
Just using caution and not being showy while walking in the street is a good way of preventing any crime.
Posted December 24, 2013
Nelson Vega
I do not think Americans in San Francisco, a district in Panama City, Panama are specifically targeted by criminals. The "pandillas" or gangs in Panama City will steal from you, but they do not discriminate between their victims based on where they are from.
I do not think Americans in San Francisco, a district in Panama City, Panama are specifically targeted by criminals. The "pandillas" or gangs in Panama City will steal from you, but they do not discriminate between their victims based on where they are from.
Posted October 23, 2014
David Bayliss - KW PACIFICA
When I get the crime blotter from my old neighborhood in Texas, I think, “My gosh! That was a dangerous neighborhood” (and I lived on the safe part!). Expats are very rarely the subject of violent crime in Panama. It is not part of how our world moves. It’s not that nothing ever happens, but expats are not targets here. Generally, we are not kidnapped or whatever people like to sensationalize on the news.
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When I get the crime blotter from my old neighborhood in Texas, I think, “My gosh! That was a dangerous neighborhood” (and I lived on the safe part!). Expats are very rarely the subject of violent crime in Panama. It is not part of how our world moves. It’s not that nothing ever happens, but expats are not targets here. Generally, we are not kidnapped or whatever people like to sensationalize on the news.
I’ve been the lucky one. I’ve left my wallet in at least three restaurants in the Panama City and it’s been there every time I went back to get it. I’m the oddity. One time I even lost my wallet when I got out of a taxi. It fell on the sidewalk. It was picked up and taken to the nearest developer, who called me.
I’m not going to say that there is no crime here like many real estate people say, and that it is perfect and life is great but I would say the crime here is very limited and it is not targeted towards expats. The crimes here are not violent crimes. Panamanians do not even kill other Panamanians except for issues related to drugs. You won’t see enraged people coming out of bars here in Panama. Overall, I feel very comfortable. My son, who is 19, can take a bus, go to San Francisco, go to the mall, go to a restaurant, and come back on the bus. I wouldn’t let him do that in Dallas, where we came from.
(Mi Pueblitio in Panama City, Panama, features life-size replicas of rural villages found on the Azuero Peninsula, Bocas del Toro and the Darien, pictured.)
Posted May 14, 2016