[drakonka]

We ran into this issue when looking for a place to buy. Options were either super expensive tiny apartment in the center or something cheaper but bigger a 10-15 minute train ride away. We looked at a place in "Enskededalen". Googling revealed people talking about how horrible it was, the crime that goes on, how unsafe it is, how they would never move here, etc.

Go to visit the place...and it seems perfect. In a block of houses facing a nice yard and playground as opposed to the road, large space with a porch and balcony, plenty of room for our cats, etc. But I was suspicious. This place was meant to be so bad!

After getting some more opinions we went for it and can honestly say I have no idea what people were so afraid of. The neighborhood seems very safe - children play outside alone, it's quiet, each little house block area takes care of their yard, etc. It is a more multicultural area than say Södermalm, but that is a positive. The most "unsafe" thing I've seen here is groups of teens on walks or having a smoke in the evenings (I was wary of them at first, but have since learned they're harmless) or local toddlers leaving their toy cars underfoot in the shared yard.

[kpil]

Enskede (next to it) is one of the better areas in Stockholm so it's less expensive neighbour Enskededalen is perhaps bad only in comparison.

I think I've might have seen some druggies in the area a few times more than I would expect but that was 15 year ago... But maybe those things stick.

It's definitely not one of those no-go zones.