Crime in Chiang Mai, Thailand

This city may be safe but yall need to be aware of air quality during Summer and disasters, scams could occur anytime, I've been kicked out from the red car before. Accidents were quite common during festivals. From my experience.

I'm a foreigner and was scammed in Chiang Mai over Songkran. I was out drinking late and my mobile data didn't work so I stupidly got a tuk tuk. He took me to a karaoke bar instead of the destination I told him and he told me to go just for one drink, I accepted because I was drunk and I didn't know where I was. I bought a drink and they charged me $250 with loads of exaggerated charges like 1500 baht for ice. From what I remember after I paid they finally agreed to organize a taxi for me and took me to where I wanted to go which was fortunately only 5 minutes away.

I'm usually very vigilant of scams (although it might not seem like it from this post) but I let my guard down because everyone told me it was a very safe city and crime is extremely rare.

This is the place where you can see reviews from other tourists with this happening, 3 in the past week: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QYwxxRRYFwuxQEcM8

I am a foreigner living in Chiangmai for a few years. This city is totally absolutely safe (although tourists can be scammed sometimes but really rarely). Walking anywhere alone is absolutely safe at any time of day or night. The only threat is stray dogs, especially at night in alleys and on small narrow streets However, there's just no violent crime here. Stealing is also extremely rare