While checking our section ‘What info are you looking for?’ we have seen that a reader named Heather has posed the following questions:
Is there an increased concern about safety during Sanfermin?
Have there been any issues during past festivals?

Well Heather, I can tell you that safety is not a major issue in Pamplona during the festival (nor during the rest of the year).
The only way you might risk your life comes if you decide to run in front of the bulls, otherwise there is not much you should be worried about.

Of course, you have to take care of pickpockets and the like (this is quite logical having in mind that the population of the city almost doubles its size on weekend during the festival).
Still, ours is a midsize town and I can assure you there have never been any crimes or serious offences reported during the festival (no, this is not like Rio de Janeiro in Carnival).

You can go out in the night really safe (if you are a girl for example, and you go out for a drink with another female friend, you do not need to worry about safety, being raped, or anything like that..).
Crime rate in this town is really low and the probability of something bad happening to any visitors is not higher than in their hometowns.
I will not say that everything is perfect, but the city is pretty safe and also police is not corrupt and you can trust them (well, to the same extent as in other western countries).

Do any of the readers have any comments or would like to share with us their personnal experiences about his topic?