How To Avoid Crime Overseas Staying safe involves making sensible decisions and planning ahead. By taking a few precautions you can minimize the dangers, no matter which country you’re in. Some of this advice may seem ridiculously obvious, but it bears repeating. Before you travel to a new place, do some research and find out which areas you should avoid. Every city and country has places with higher rates of crime. Work out where these are, and don’t go there....