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I may be senile streetchie but in the 6 years I've been in Belize I only remember 4 confirmed murders in San Pedro. Two of those involving fights between locals. If you can back up your numbers of 5 or 6 per year with documentation I'd love to see it.

On further thought there were 2 more in those 6 years.

I grew up in Hawaii. Waikiki to be exact. I go back to visit most every year. Waikiki is a VERY safe city if you stay on the beaten path, with lots of people, you're relatively sober, and you're aware of your surroundings.

Waikiki is very UNsafe if you leave the main streets, stumble like you're drunk, go into dark areas with no people, etc. I feel the same way about Las Vegas. There is always safety in numbers and lights, and always risk in dark, deserted areas.

Tourism always attracts a bad element, but if the majority of the locals are good people, I think the place should be considered relatively safe.

ok..i never chime in this type of post but here i go...

i was there in late march, 34 year old female, traveling alone. i went out every night.

was i a COMPLETE IDIOT if i walked home from the bar alone? YES! Not because i was in san pedro, but because i had been drinking, was in a foreign country, didnt know my way around, and was asking for trouble.

FORTUNATELY, i found none. Frankly, what i did find was a number of ticked off locals that were very angry with me for wandering off alone. I can assure you, i felt safer walking the streets of san pedro than i did West Phila., where you dont stop for red lights lest you be car jacked.

A resounding "here here" to those that say common sense prevails. Ambergris Caye is NOT paradise. Paradise does not exist. What AC is, is an amazing place with amazing people. It is where people make their homes, and their lives.

Paradise, it only exists in fiction and fairy tales. And so does a place with zero crime.

Lets keep our perspective, and our statistics. As well as our heads.

hmmm I used to live in Vegas(great place to vacation, horrible to live), never felt "safe" most of the time. 5 years there. locals not such great people. I feel the opposite here

Kra-Z-K, the people of Las Vegas are great. I have lived all over the world and some of the best people I have ever met live in Las Vegas. I agree it not a great place to live but do not down the people.

I do not look down on the people, there are plenty of good people everwhere in the world and plenty of intelligent people in every place. If I downed all the people I would not have been one living there 5 yrs. That was the only reason I did not think it was a great place to live. There was no other reason as that town had everything and at any time. So close to so many great places to get away to too. Did you live in Las Vegas? In general, I found many people's mentalities and priorities to be quite different than anywhere else in the states . This is my personal opinion so if this is considered downing the people I have to give my honesty as I do on everything else. sorry...

Ok Simon, As I see it, 'Tonio Almendarez, Danielo Villataro, Heavy D from Big Daddy's, Les Langdon and the incident at Elvi's add up to 5 murders since July. Again, I'm not hiding out at my house frightened of being robbed.....just saying that we, as a community, need to recognize these problems and deal with them. I'm tired of people on this board, who don't live here, trivializing crime such as murder. Yes, nearly all tourists and locals spend there days on our beautiful island without any problems at all, but they should still be quite aware that these problems exist.

I hope everybody realizes that the Murders committed on this island have always been commited by people who move here from somewhere else. The locals are wonderful people. We all work very hard to make sure that all our guests leave safe and happy.

Please practice common sense when here.

Steer clear of drug dealers unless you want them to be your personal tour guides during your whole stay. It is fun to know that you can get your fix very easily but remember alomost all murders up to date are drug related.

streetchie- incident at Elvi's within the last year...

Bzedoll- Murders committed on this island have always been committed by people who move here from somewhere else...

You both need to make corrections here.

Tim....a body was found on Pescador behind Elvi's in August or September. The cause of death was blunt trauma to the head and ruled a murder.....not to be confused with the incident in '02 or '03.