I,ve lived here for 5 years with 3 dogs and crime is never a problem, let the dogs bark when anyone is ev en walking up the road and you can,t go wrong. This is home now, and compared to England nothing bad happens, just make sure your house is secure. I feel safe walking my dogs even at 2 a.m. take no notice of all the scaremongering, it,s so much worse in G.B.