Are there neighborhoods to avoid in Dublin?

Dublin is a small, walkable city and serious danger is rare, but a few areas warrant extra attention after dark. The north inner city around Talbot Street and the streets immediately north of the Liffey between O'Connell Street and Amiens Street see higher rates of petty theft and occasional street-level drug activity, particularly late at night. Parnell Square is fine during daylight hours but gets rougher after midnight. Ballymun and parts of Darndale are peripheral housing estates that tourists have no practical reason to visit, and wandering through them without local knowledge is pointless rather than dangerous. The DART corridor south of the city center, Portobello, Ranelagh, and Rathmines are all relaxed and low-risk at any hour. The standard city precautions apply everywhere: keep your phone off the table in cafes, use inside pockets on O'Connell Street on a Friday night, and trust your read of a situation. Dublin's reputation for street crime is considerably worse than its reality.

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