Despite receiving nearly 700,000 travelers per day and having a heavy police presence, Gare du Nord is generally considered unsafe. If you travel via Gare du Nord, watch your belongings, do not linger, and try to not travel via this train station at night or on your own. Avoid the area in front of the train station where many ill-intentioned people hang out and do not go in the street right behind where drug users and sellers have set up camp.