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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No I don't, and thank goodness -- I was pickpocketed on our trip to Italy over Christmas but my passport was sitting safely in our AirBnB when it happened.  The pickpockets got cash and credit cards but not my phone (which was on me, but not taken) nor my passport.  Losing credit cards was inconvenient but it would have far worse if they had lifted either the phone or passport.  [/quote]

Ugh.

I’m trying to determine how worried to be about pickpockets.

Did it happen on or near public transportation? Or was it just in a crowded area?

My plan is to avoid the train.

I’ll carry a crossbody, and I’m thinking about getting that travel underwear with a cellphone pocket for my husband and teenage boys. I’m encouraging my husband to carry a crossbody. [/quote]

I have a cross body bag with theft deterrent features, and we keep extra CCs, cash, and passports in the in-room safe when we are not moving from one city to another.  There are pickpockets in large cities everywhere --in DC too! 0-- but the stakes are higher when you have a lot of valuable documents on you.  You don't need to be paranoid but be mindful especially in crowds.   It was ever so obvious that loitering men were calculating which bags might be easily separated from their owners in the Naples train station, for example.  [/quote]

Yes, Naples is notorious for pickpockets and legit robbers…particularly by the train station. My relative had their crossbody cut off them when exiting the train station (and she is a seasoned traveler who lived in Italy for many years, and she was traveling with her burly boyfriend).

I’m not planning to go anywhere near public transportation. [/quote]

Don’t those have cables in the straps, to resist cutting.

Then again, wouldn’t you get sliced in the attempt? 😳[/quote]

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