wife and I used to walk the beach at night for years,but things changed and we were walking back from roots bamboo one night back to Rondel. Had to past a unlit area close by and had a guy try to rob us. basically with no gun or knife, he looked sickly and it did not end well for him but it stilled turned us off from walking the beach, esp. late at night.That said , we still feel safe in negril. When you think of it you relise late at night we are all pretty buzzed by then and it really is in our best interest to either get e taxi or walk the road.