{"id":24687,"date":"2017-11-10T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=24687"},"modified":"2017-11-10T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T15:10:11","slug":"do-you-feel-safe-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/do-you-feel-safe-in-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"Do you feel safe in Cardiff?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Armed police were deployed on Wednesday in Cathays where two men were arrested on suspicion of cannabis production.<\/h2>\n<p>Two men were arrested in Cathays on Wednesday evening, after an ongoing drug investigation which saw armed police in the area.<br \/>\nCrwys Road was closed in both directions as police were called on the suspicion of Cannabis production where the men, aged 49 and 60, were arrested at around 5pm.<br \/>\nNia Griffiths, manager of Papillon hairdressers said, \u201cThere has been a lot of police here in full riot gear and with guns.\u201d<br \/>\nAt the scene, one officer described it as a \u2018serious incident\u2019 whilst another told the public to stand away from the armed officers.<br \/>\nIncidents involving drug raids and armed officers is not an uncommon scene in the city.<br \/>\nResearch has shown that residents in Cardiff do not feel safe in their communities and women were more likely to feel this way.<br \/>\nWe decided to ask the public how they felt about their safety in the city.<\/p>\n<h3>Rob Baker, Blaina South Wales<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24693\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24693 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Rob-Baker-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24693 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Rob-Baker-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> We don\u2019t actually live in Cardiff, we\u2019re just visiting. Cardiff tends to be open, tends to be easy to see things and I don\u2019t think anyone is going to harm you generally.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Stewart Albert, Cardiff<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24694\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24694 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Stewart-Albert-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24694 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Stewart-Albert-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> I think it\u2019s well policed. A lot of the communities are very much still small within their areas, I feel safe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Petrina Wong, Pontypridd South Wales<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24692\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24692 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Petrina-Wong-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24692 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Petrina-Wong-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> This is my first visit actually \u2026 I see a lot of crossing guards [crossing patrol officer] and stuff &#8230; I\u2019m a foreign student it just feels a lot more safer than where I\u2019m from.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Zack Ahmed, Cardiff<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24695\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24695 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Zack-Ahmed-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24695 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Zack-Ahmed-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Yeah it\u2019s one of the safest cities in the UK. It\u2019s small but massive at the same time, but police are always on the go&#8230; for me it feels a lot safe than living in other places<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Delgerbayar Odkhuu, Cardiff<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24689\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24689 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Delgerbayar-Odkhuu-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24689 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Delgerbayar-Odkhuu-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Yes. The people are really nice, they\u2019re polite. I don\u2019t think the people here would harm me in any way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Jiarui Li, Cardiff<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24690\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24690 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Jiarui-Li-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24690 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Jiarui-Li-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> No not exactly, because it is dark too early \u2026 some places don\u2019t have light. When I was biking home I was worried about it and also I think there are a lot of drunk people at night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Nia Thomas, Cardiff<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24691\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24691 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Nia-Thomas-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24691 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Nia-Thomas-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Yes. Everyone is quite friendly, I feel quite at home in Cardiff. I guess it\u2019s quite safe to walk around at night, but I wouldn\u2019t walk around by myself in dark areas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked the public how they feel about their safety after armed police were deployed to Cathays on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":405,"featured_media":24688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-24687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do you feel safe in Cardiff? - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do you feel safe in Cardiff? 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