Living in a foreign country can sometimes be frightening, especially if you pay attention to the news and watch movies.  These paint a picture of life in Thailand that most foreigners living in Thailand don’t experience. Like any other country, Thailand has its problems with drugs, prostitution and other illegal activities but, generally speaking, if you don’t engage in any of that kind of criminal behavior yourself, you will be safe and probably won’t even see much of that type of activity out in the streets, unless of course you venture into the seedier areas of the cities.

Those places do exist in Thailand, but in general, the crime rate in Bangkok is lower than in most comparable American cities.  Common sense should prevail, however, and you should take precautions and protect yourself and your belongings as you would anywhere else.