This is gonna be a hum dinga.

Pleasant Street after dark, don't want to walk alone!
Also, Charles Street behind Stop and Shop.

Malden Station, on it's West Side, facing the parking lot, Maplewood Square anytime after dark, Ferry St. towards Malden Square after dark, Oak Grove Station after 9 PM, particulary the Banks Place side & parking lot, Trafton Park area after 9 or 10 pm.

Does Malden have a good relationship with the MBTA? Could the MBTA have their police force handle their train stations?

Elm street pharmarcy and cedar street very sketchy.

stop and shop, i get robbed every time I go in there hahahahaha

The government building that sits at the top of malden square. It is the most dangerous place in all of the city. So many people working without a brain.

In all seriousness have a cop patrol the square during the same hours the train runs. I bet most of the mugging that occur in that area are from someone hopping on the train. Crime must be much lower in hours the train Isn't running. (time being the obvious reason as well)

Right in front of City Hall and down to police station, it looks sike a scene from the walking dead.

That entire section of Pleasant Street where Government Center blocks the street off is pretty sketchy.

Bellrock Park at night, Charles St at night, Pleasant St at night, Pearl St at night, Cross St by the Lincoln Commons at night, Salem St between Maplewood Sq and High Scool at night, Walgreens and Stop & Shop at night, Beach St and Lynn St at night. Malden, is really NOT a goid place at night. I am starting to feel uncomfortable even in broad day light.

We could be here all day. Why don't we do the shorter list... What part of Malden is not sketchy?

"remember the study concerns the greater Malden Square area."

All around the train station at night. Definitely the courtyard next to the police station and City Hall. Not saying I personally feel worried about getting jumped or robbed, but it is really dim and anyone can hide behind the wall when you are coming up the ramp from Malden Station. That whole end of Malden Sq is really dark and sketchy.

Malden is bad as brockton

Anywhere in Malden after two AM.

Pleasant Street at night, especially around the police station...but really, the whole street is sketchy at night. I'd rather walk in Maplewood Square after dark any night - and I do. Have yet to have an issue there.

City Hall area, Exchange St and Pleasant St. along with the T station. That whole section could use brighter lights.

What's wrong with people in Malden?
I grew up in Hartford, CT and there are parts there that are like 10 times more DANGEROUS than any part of little ol' Malden.
If we want to be specific and say places that have little lighting or police presence:
-Pleasant and Exchange Streets
-Charles Street
-Woolcott and Clark Streets (off of Salem St)
-Eastern Ave.
-Forest St.

Bellrock Square and Judson Square The rest Im fine with. Its like Clint Eastwood walkin thru town and bad guy's peepin out the windows. Steppin out of the doorways watching..n peeping...n watchin some more till you pass thru. Creepy.

I'm fine with Pleasant Street itself at night. From the T, though, I'd go up Exchange and then turn up one of those other streets to completely avoid the Government Center left and right sides.

I'm find with Cedar after dark. Anywhere I go after dark, I remember this is an urban area: I don't walk with headphones, I stay aware of who's around me and what I'm passing. If I suddenly feel uncomfortable, I move to a different street. It's life in the city. The same was true after dark growing up in Lincoln, Nebraska, with much wider streets, and a very low crime rate in the neighborhoods.

Any dark corridor inside city hall at any given time.

Until you've worked at night in Grove Hall or South End you don't know scetchy areas, sure, Malden has it's areas but it's still not all that bad.

Seriously people are listing area after area they think are sketchy. Sad it's not one area it's the whole city

.If the T had their transit police patrol the station until the service ends, maybe that would help. Checking bags in the morning, really? Then maybe Malden police could patrol all of Pleasant St, Salem Street, side streets off Lebanon sundown to sun up. The whole
area is questionable and sketchy, at night and now during the day. Brighter street lighting, monitored big brother cameras are a start.

Oh, brother.

I use to feel safe in Malden, use to love walking my dog at dusk in the summer, felt quite safe, not so much any more, it's a shame but I won't walk once it gets dark, won't even sit in my back yard on a warm summer night anymore, not since I was woken by these very loud noises, not realizing what it was (still in a sleep fog)'ran outside heard someone yelling , saw a person laying on the ground, only than did I realize it was gun shots that had woken me. Gun shots in my neighborhood, trying to call 911, and than to find out my house was hit with bullets, my car still has a hole in it from a stray bullet. Why ? Still don't know. What's been done? NOTHING absolutely NOTHING!!!!!

Mary that is scary, glad you're ok

God Bless you Mary I know if you can talk to other victims it will help alot.

David thank you so much, But I wasn't the victim, I was just a person who was awaken by the shots and ran outside. .

The bus stop at Linden Square any time during the day or night, , its like a scene from the Children of the corn.....

I would normally be out walking at 6:00 am on a Saturday morning I live in Linden, for the past year I know that it is just not safe enough anymore to do that.

Mr. Mokal....as soon as I whip out a nice Porterhouse for those dogs, it's game over. Dogs worship steak more than their masters :)

Albion have you called the cops or contacted the school athletic director. That might help

I go to MHS and have friends on the track team, so that information is kind of worrisome to me, but what really bothered me about that comment is that it's proof that even in a place as diverse as Malden, ignorant racism is still veeeery present in our community.

I mean, how does one "look Muslim?" By definition, Muslim means "a follower of the church of Islam." If you go by that, I "look" Muslim, and I'm white, a non-stereotypically characteristic of someone who identifies as Muslim. Not the point of this article, but when discussing the issue of safety in Malden, let's keep racism out of it.

Comments removed for outright racist nonsense. Stick to the topic at hand, guys.

That's it....no Valentine's cards for the Muslims!

Not for not nothing people. But most of the viloent crimes in this City are not centered around the square. Not that I am down playing the crime that does go on in the square. But the crimes in our City are a lot more wide spreaad, unfortunately.

Gee, reading this thread is not very good PR for the City of Malden. Maybe this issue should have never reached the Patch, and been handled privately. It's scary.
What types of dangerous situations are we talking about? Junkies holding people up?
Armed robberies? Seems like quite a few people seem so down and out. But what happens when the weather gets warmer. How much mayhem will there be. I am putting Malden on notice with it's issues. And maybe it will be three strikes and they are out. Maybe I will give the city only three incidents that make the news and I might have to question living here. And I am not one to run and hide. Seems like people are just getting fed up with things.

This forum!

Greg, I have to tell you....as Dennis Miller said recently, "I no longer care about the clueless people!" Write that down, Greg, because he was referring to people like you. And before you mock me again, how about working on your spelling techniques. Maybe then I could take you more serious. You shall not get any more attention from me, sir!

Mike G....I think my first brew of the spring season will be Ipswich Ale. I have all the ingredients, ready to go. Yay for me!

No bigotry on the comments section. I'll look into these complaints but what is "Muslim-looking" exactly? There are white, black, Middle Eastern, etc. Muslims and none of them really look alike to me. Just please be mindful. Thanks.

Mike, Ipswich does call for 1 pound of crystal malt, but the malt of choice is light. Crystal does give it the sweetness and color. As far as the alcohol content goes, it averages about 5.4%. (at least that's what my hydrometer tells me). I finally killed off my last case of my Oktoberfest. I was a happy camper with that batch :) Note: Most of your IPA's run in the 6-7% alcohol range.

Paul you must have no life if all you can do is sit and critique people's spelling or how they post. Be respectful

Mike, the most I can make in one batch is 5.5 gallons, which is two cases of beer. I have two kits here, hence I usually have two batches going. I used to do all-grain, but space limitations here, and you usually need a good size burner for that.

Clearly the question posed should have been " where ISN'T there a sketchy spot in Malden.

I actually got mugged on walnut st. accross from the Ferryway School a little over a year ago, luckily all they got was $45.

Hope you were ok Bruce!

I think that Exchange Street could use more lighting,,,,,I found a couple of shady characters milling around outside the new Cuban restaurant, Oya'..... I got a bit nervous,,,,I was born and raised in Malden. Lived there for 40 yrs., and moved toStoneham several years ago. Malden will always be my hometown..The square is a bit scary after dark between Sparks and City Hall.. Maybe better lighting? My mother still lives in the Forestdale area....I am afraid to walk down Forest Street after dark,,,more lighting,,,? I think that the more illuminated an area is, the less chance of violence, robberies, etc..... I am still proud to say I am from Malden. I appreciate the diverse city that it has become~~~~ Lucy

I am aware that a crime can be committed in broad daylight,,,,,,,,I just think that shedding more light on problem areas in the evening could eliminate a lot of the riff raff,,,,,,

I used to live on Forest St. up until 2007. I never had a problem.

linda from lowell sucks

pearl st. boy is selling drugs that kill but no one does anything about that cops dont listen

From all these opinions it appears the title is incorrect, it should read Does anyone know of some safe spots in and around the whole city of Malden.