in a city with very low crime rate.

However, Ferentari has a lower crime rate in terms of burglaries in relation to much of the city--possibly because of the poverty in the area. Areas such as Vadul Nou, Zabrauti, Prelungirea Ferentari, La Maici are notorious for squatting, and resorting to violence when they are served with eviction notices. Furthermore, when questioned about adequate responses to evictions, or to the police severing illegal connections to the mains, inhabitants of the neighbourhood