Hello, fellow Philadelphian! If you are a seasoned traveller, you will be fine. People will say, "it's a fact that there is now more crime in Negril", but that needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It sounds to me that the crimes that are occurring today are the same crimes that occurred in the 70's and 80's. Only now, it may be a laptop being stolen instead of a wallet being fished through the grill of a window. Is there more crime now? Maybe - but there are also more people. Plus, I have yet to see any crime statistics; only a lot of here-say on the internet. And as Rob stated in his thread, the advent of the internet has allowed this type information to be shared quickly, where in the past we probably never hear about most of the crime that occurred in Negril.

To echo what others have said, bring your common sense and you'll be fine.