Do darker evenings make Birmingham’s streets feel unsafe?

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As the nights draw in and new data highlights the UK’s best and worst-lit routes, we asked people in Birmingham how safe they feel when it gets dark—and what changes they make in winter.

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00:00Well, we tend not to go out, I don't think, do we?

00:04We take taxes or we stay in the areas that we know.

00:08So we don't venture out into areas we don't know.

00:12You don't let me go for a run in the dark, do you?

00:15Not with a lot of crime. I've gone on now and the way the youngsters are now.

00:21There's no opportunity for the youngsters out there now to do that just hang around the streets.

00:24I never used to be, you know, more frightened of going out.

00:31But these days I'm much more aware of there's more dangers.

00:35I think out there now. So, yeah, don't feel so safe as I used to be. Definitely not.

00:40I do think I feel less safe in the evenings and night times.

00:44I feel safer here because I've noticed there's a lot of police patrol around.

00:48But in general, I am a bit weary of people.

00:51We've had a couple of beggars come and ask for us and it's just really awkward.

00:54It doesn't mean their intentions are bad, but it's just hard to tell what people want.

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