Shenyang - Post Report Question and Answers

Are there personal security concerns to be aware of at this post? Please describe.

Getting run over by a scooter or a car on the sidewalk; dying in a traffic accident; getting crushed by crumbling infrastructure; lung cancer after breathing the air. On the other hand, as a woman you can walk home alone at 2am and you'll be safe unless you fall into a hole in the sidewalk. - Mar 2019


Foreigners are rarely targeted by local criminals. The greatest dangers are probably food poisoning or getting hit by a car. - Jul 2016


Shenyang feels like one of the safest places in the world. Look out for pickpockets and use common sense and you shouldn't have a problem! I run at night alone and don't think twice. - Aug 2014


No, there are pickpockets all over the world, but I never feel unsafe here. - Nov 2013


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