Guide to Safety at Night in New Sihanoukville, Cambodia

I say new Sihanoukville because the city is totally transforming real quick and becoming a new version. The infrastructure and the way of living are very different from what we see in a few years back.

Sihanoukville is now packed with casinos, nightlife entertainment, and Chinese people. Because this happens so fast there are some issues that are not handled really well. The city is becoming a sleepless city so it's quiet during the days and lots of things happen during the night.

It is important to write an up to date articles about Sihanoukville as the older posts are less relevant now. Here are the things to know about Safety at Night in Sihanoukville Cambodia now:

Is Sihanoukville Safe at Night?

The lights are all open up in all the big streets and some smaller ones, businesses are open and people are working and traveling all night long. You are going to be fine in the cities but you need to beware of muggers who also be active at night as well.

During the nighttime, you should avoid heading to quiet isolated areas in Sihanoukville even though the records of crimes have decreased but it could possibly happen.

Is traffic safe at Night in Sihanoukville?

From 5pm-8pm, there are a lot of people on the streets it gets jammed sometimes but it is usually safe when the streets are packed. You just need to be patient and drive slowly behind each other. 

Later after that time when the street is less crowded, you need to drive carefully as they are many car racers and motor racers speeding up like nothing can stop them (they just enjoy the speed and drive closely past the others). 

So be aware of those full-speed drivers (some of them are drunk) you could the sound from afar and stay on the safe side.

Avoid traveling alone at Night in Sihanoukville

Traveling alone at night is not recommended in Sihanoukville, especially traveling on some quiet roads you may encounter problems and hard to find someone for help. The problems might be:

• A group of gangsters blocking the way and you don't know what happens next you should turn back as quick when recognizing that situation
• If your vehicle's tires are flat, ran out of gasoline, or stop working due to any reason you might find it difficult to find a place to get it fixed at night as they are just a few still working and only in the city. 
• It is hard to find help, not because people don't like to help others. But there are many tricks from bad people luring and trapping people when they stop and help. So people are less willing to stop for any help during the night and especially in quiet areas. 

Crimes in Sihanoukville

In recent years we've seen some crimes rarely seen before and mostly performed by the newly arrived Chinese people. There is traffic accident some are on purpose, drug, kidnapping, and shooting (they have guns!) and most of these cases happen at night.

Most of these crimes happen among Chinese people and the local authorities are working every day to solve and prevent this from happening.