Crime in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

#Anonymous on Feb 06, 2020
please don't annoy us, you are free to go to a country who accepts you

Yeah, Dubai might have a very low crime rate but this country discriminates so much based on your sexual orientation and gender identity. So if you are part of the LGBT community, this is not a safe country for you because you might end up to jail. Any western european country is much better when it comes to safety of LGBT people.

I don't think I'll ever visit UAE nor any arabic country because I can't stand with homophobes/transphobes and most arabic countries are like that. It's so sickening that they are stuck in the past.

I have travelled countless times to Dubai since 1995 and this is my favourite place in the world. I live in South Africa where Crime is the order of the day. As long as you abide by their code of conduct and their rule of law, you will never get enough of this beautifuldeveloping city. In all my travels, I have never encountered any issues with the locals or expats. Add this city to your bucket list and you will have no regrets...

Visited Dubai with my family over Christmas and NYs holidays. It was really wonderful and I'd love to go back. The laws are very strict and people obey them (for the most part).
We were only "scammed" once by a lazy taxi driver who didn't want to admit that he misunderstood where we wanted to go. However, the amount was so minimal we didn't report it. However, please note that you can ALWAYS report taxi drivers who try to scam you by reporting the taxi number/driver name to any police man. Those taxis are required to head back to HQ that same day and their licenses are voided.

But the above is an exception. To illustrate, we took a 2 hr taxi from Dubai to Abu Dhabi and regretfully left our mobile in the taxi. We worked with our hotel staff and security to locate the driver and got the phone back the next day fully intact. The driver was really worried about being reported to the police and we actually had to assure him that we knew it was our mistake and not anything intentional on his part.

Also, being an Islamic country, people are critical about the strict laws, but I didn't feel that non-Muslim residents or foreigners were subject to any "harsh" rules. for example, A lot of private hotel beaches are lax with swimwear. and most hotel bars and restaurants serve alcohol. I think one just needs to check what is permitted and what's not to be safe.

The only area I would caution travelers to be a little more wary about being "scammed" or "attacked" is in Deria. I didn't feel particularly unsafe at any time of day, however, I wouldn't be there alone at night and I wouldn't buy from the local market without first comparing prices and trying to bargain.

Political climate aside, I feel it's a really nice holiday destination!

Yeah sure Dubai a safe until they take you out of the city to murder you

American expat here, have split time between UK and Dubai for the last six years. I feel safer walking around in Dubai in the dead of night than I would walking down a street in the US in broad daylight. I don't make a habit of wandering around alone at night, but the point is that I don't feel I'd be in any danger if I did, beyond perhaps a rude whistle from a fellow expat spilling out of a club.

UAE laws are strict, tightly enforced, and crime is low, at least where you can see it. Undoubtedly there is crime, but it's unlikely to be a problem for tourists or expats. I personally have never heard of other expats or tourists becoming victims of major crimes, except at the hands of family or close friends.

Horror stories abound on the internet about tourists or expats being jailed for behaviors westerners take for granted (PDA, small amounts of drugs, public intoxication, loudly/publicly criticising the govt), but there's an easy way to avoid that: know the law before you go, and respect it. You're in someone else's country and if you can't be bothered to understand the law and respect the culture, you deserve what you get.

the amount of crime in dubai beside scamming is very little. there should be no worries to be walking around in daylight or night time. although if your planning on living here as a family, beware that there will be arab kids who will annoy your kids. going through legal matters is going to be a hassle though.

Offering $1000. To find him

DUBAI IN UAE, I have visited Dubai several time,
City is crowed with Foreigners, carrying over 100 nationalities alone, but important is to understand 100 nationalities, brought 100 crime style in the city, where UAE official cannot control and manage the city.
I have scammed by one of foreigners(asian), but when I went to report to Deira police, they keep referring to each other department, not took my case or made report to find these foreigner who scam me over $10,000 in the name of business starter, polices wasted so much time, not took my case, even not bothering to make report, even I have that scammers photos and some formed of his IDs papers, where they can circulate this person identities and easy can find him, even I tried to reported to Dubai identity department, to checked his details and provide me, full details so I can forward to local police or report to police, and but they transferred me to go to police, police told me to go court, court told to pay 6-to 8 % to Fee of total claim, but without full current address and details, cannot do anything but police, doing their own story, and that, scammers got the chance to run from DUAI and hide in other cities, latter found that, this scammers loots and robs over 100 people in last 5 years and still enjoying living in UAE he knows, Dubai people or other authority, will not bother to catch him and he is changing his companies and address again, again, so when local authority or department or work, identity depart and police do not do their duties, people will not safe from these scammer and not willing to save others in future, very disappointment with local authority of Dubai police and other department, look like, they are part of this crime and supporting this criminal in UAE
I have mad his face-book and offering $1000. To find him and report to Dubai police or email me ASAP
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I visited Dubai recently for a week and enjoyed it very much. With all the comments about safety, I couldn't understand the need for so many security guards. They are everywhere! All malls have them and even the small neighborhood stores and supermarket have them too. I saw a lot of people walking around even on the highway at night and people seemed to live well together. Just didn't understand the need for so much security.

I have been living in Dubai for a long time but never encountered any crime in this city. I can speak arabic though as I am from Lebanon so dealing with the locals have never been an issue nor have they tried to cheat me.

My Filipina girlfriend though has experienced a couple of problems and they never involved the locals but experienced it from the other workers from India.

Dubai is pretty safe. I've never felt worried about getting back to hotel after midnight :)