Is Austin 6th Street Safe? Let's Walk and Find Out [4K]

Austin Texas' 6th Street has been a controversial hangout spot for both locals and tourists. Either Loved or hated, recently it's been a subject of news coverage for shootings and numerous other violent events. Some enjoy the area for it's lively entertainment and venues, while others enjoy it looking for trouble. Police presence has increased due to recent events and who knows if 6th street atmosphere will get better or worse.
In this video, I hit the ground and Walk 6th Street during the evening to get a feel for myself since I hadn't been to the area for some time. You'll have to watch all the way to the end to find out if you think it's Safe or not.
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Intro (00:00)
6th St. Quiet pt. (01:20)
6th St. Rowdy pt. (02:41)
Congress (17:53)
Outro (20:12)
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[@vvattup]

From a local: this wasn’t filmed at 2AM Saturday night…when the guns and knives come out……locals avoid 6th St like the plague.

[@jsurfslammer]

Yeah, its funny back to normal (not) wait til 6 months before the midterm elections “smash, grab and burn everything” it will all get F’ed up.

[@richardcogbill6791]

Yeah, as a local I'll go down to "dirty sixth" on occasion when I have tourist visitors in town to go to a comedy show at Esther's Follies or celebrate Halloween. I just don't stick around on that section of 6TH Street after midnight, that's when it can get sketchy. The bars let out drunk patrons late night and they get preyed on by the homeless and the lawless. Visitors and locals can always hang out on east 6TH and west 6TH where the crowds are smaller and don't get rowdy.

[@ramencurry6672]

The danger is part of the charm for adventure travelers like skydivers and Mount Everest enthusiasts.

[@csteger03]

From another local… my thoughts exactly

[@DeeRuss]

6th street is usually crowed on Saturday nights you will see fights and cops on horses nothing quite like it anywhere else in the USA not for everybody

[@PartyboyDanny]

My home. I miss it so much! Dirty 6th is safe if you’re not behaving in stupid ways. If you want problems you can definitely find problems. But if you don’t and you act accordingly, you won’t.

[@ednag.2573]

Great walk 😊

[@SuperLuckao]

It reminds me of Northbridge in Perth Australia

[@camo7886]

This makes Austin seem like a computer game, Like if you talk to one of the bouncers he'll tell you his favourite beer mug is being held by someone and if you collect and give that person 10 tacos the bouncer will be so grateful he'll give you the key to the secret room...

[@MellowManWalks]

Lol 😂

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. Not seem like a computer game. /

[@justwalk-travelasmrchannel1630]

Awesome walk!!

[@MellowManWalks]

Appreciate it 🙏🏿

[@rnhim2072]

This is quite sad, i remember going to UT in the early 2000s. It was the hangout spot for college students late weekend nights. The most that would happen would be a couple of fist fights.

[@brotherted9212]

Even though this was during the day, I don’t believe 6th Street is any more dangerous than its comparables: Bourbon Street New Orleans, Times Square NYC, South Beach Miami, Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco or the Las Vegas Strip. You can’t compare any of those to a quiet suburban street.

[@MellowManWalks]

True..i guess its always about the timing and characters around

[@thomasolson1154]

I've never been to South Beach but I have been to all the others but I am pretty sure you haven't. The Vegas Strip is one of the safest places in the country between the city cops and the Casinos army of security who will come out on the sidewalk. Since the cleanup Time Square is just a tourist family place. Fisherman's Wharf??? That place is a family friendly tourist spot that closes down at 7pm. Bourbon Street can get rowdy but there is always a cop within screaming distance. I haven't been to Austin in 3 years but when I was there 6th was rough and you never saw a cop even though everyone knew that Friday and Saturday night it was a crime hot spot.

[@brucejenner9472]

Ive been all these places. Conclusion: Any area where the hood hangs...theres always a risk. Doesnt matter the city. The hood is the hood. They are all brainwashed by the same culture. So violence will come. And the vegas strip is fairly safe. Downtown & Fremont on the other hand. Ive seen some shit there from my 6 years in vegas.

[@somaphotoparties]

Had a buddy get shot at leaving dirty 6th because some guy was cut off in traffic.. it's getting wild down there

[@lilwalks]

Enjoyable walk, nice style

[@nomadicwalker3582]

You walks are impressive 👍

[@MellowManWalks]

Thanks!

[@FLswampMiami305]

I was just there for 4 days for independence day.. had a blast there.. met some great ppl there on 6th street.

[@chrissmart4885]

Go back at night and film after midnight. Bet it's much different.

[@sk8fm448]

Yes, being from Southern California, it looks very safe.

[@AlanE5150-cd5xs]

I was here October 2023, had no hassles whatsoever. I spilled out of Antones at 11.30pm and walked back to my hotel near Congress with no issues at all. Infact, I found it laid back and friendly. A week later, I was in Times Square, now THAT was a shit hole!

[@lanardfletcher1422]

I visited Austin last weekend and 6th street wasnt at all as bad as people made it out to be. When we were leaving the bars at around 1PM, there was still a heavy police presence. Didnt really feel any more unsafe than Bourbon street to me

[@marlonbeckett8793]

What's this wait till night fall early morning.

[@jusebacho]

Is weird to see waking people in texas, definitely austin is special and different

[@samchunghoon1819]

Still daylight looks cool. Wait till the sun goes down and its 2am, whole different world then. Nightmares come out.

[@loneranger4175]

Go at night after the clubs close and all the drunks are on the streets

[@GoofyAhh920]

I wanna move there lmao I stayed a whole week there visiting I also stayed at the aloft building 11th floor

[@brcobrco426]

I love it says FOR SALE on RITZ building, now its a Mothership! Lets go

[@Nediardeathcaske]

Me and my girlfriend went to sixth street after 10, months ago. I remember the next morning hearing about there were shots fired on the news. The shots had happened pretty much after we had just left, it’s scary thought

[@Torontopia]

That's one of the best walks in Texas that I have seen. It's very pedestrian-friendly and animated. It looks safe to me. Austin looks to be the best city in Texas, as far as I'm concerned.

[@MellowManWalks]

Really? I appreciate it 🙏🏾. It's definitely one of the best cities in TX but not as nice as it was year ago

[@bigboi57]

San Antonio is the best city in TX 😇

[@J.C.3]

Austin the best city in Texas? In what reality lmao

[@richardcogbill6791]

@@J.C.3 Austin maybe the best city in Texas in that it is smaller than the bigger cities, but it has more in the way of local arts, culture, food, music, outdoors and other things to in spaces easily accessible. You don't have to look hard to find the city, it's landmarks, popular places, it's iconic businesses. 6TH ST is not Austin everything. I prefer all of the nature and that usually what I show my visiting guests the most of when they're here. They get to see dirty 6TH and all the other Austiny stuff, but it's Austin's green spaces they remember.

[@psynetFM]

Downtown Austin is the most walkable zipcode in Texas. Downtown Houston and Dallas feel dead in comparison. The River Walk in San Antonio is nice though.

[@itzad2013]

whats the music in 3:40 ?

[@ronaldmiears4554]

I come out to panhandle at this time of day raining shining what ever

[@ObeseMommy]

yea thats because this wasnt filmed at night

[@MA-vd3ln]

They walking in the late afternoon evenings hours know what? Try walking 6th street at like 11 at night 2am you know when the animals really run the streets.... JS.....

[@milehigh341]

For all the people saying go back after midnight, you can say the same thing about most bigger cities near downtown area's with a heavy concentration of bars. No different.

[@jimmie159]

It’s not that hard people, just have common sense and be aware of your surroundings when visiting ANY city

[@jordanjohnson9866]

The answer to that question is yes. /

[@tontosilver6578]

It seemed to be more safer than LA ✅

[@MissWeezeyUSA]

Downtown Austin where the streets are paved with scooters & raggedy denim is still acceptable! 😂 😂 😂

[@ronaldmiears4554]

I panhandle on 6th street all the time well all over downtown

[@asphaltyeti2923]

Wait till the sun goes down and the CHUDs come out.

[@diamond.d2320]

Austin seems like a decent small city.

[@Phillipontheznuts]

Go for a walk friday night and tell me how safe it is

[@nicnuge200]

very safe. only time is weekends after 12 you may be in the crossfire of a shooting

[@divo7778]

America is so ghetto americans don't even notice the slum aura im their cities.... I wouldn't walk alone by myself at 3 am in austin, or anywhere in the US to be honest

[@notechb0ss2.05]

6th St is known as a slum across the US what are you on about. Always the no-namers who never name the country they're from LOL.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. America is not so ghetto. Americans notice the slum aura in their cities. Not don’t even notice the slum aura i’m there cities. Not anywhere in the US. /

[@richardcogbill6791]

Yeah, most people wouldn't be walking around at 3AM. They be at home sleeping, unless they're vampires.

[@prashantnaik901]

This is the city where the prank stars come from

[@africanfufu]

Wow it’s actually beautiful and interesting to visit but wow wow wow wow I didn’t see anyone with even a mask around their face 😂😂😂😂.. TEXAS INDEED!

[@richardcogbill6791]

Maybe because Austin had a pretty high vaccine rate amongst its' population, but I don't know about the tourists and now folks all over the U.S. are letting down their guard as the new BA2 strain gets going. I'm seeing more masks wearing at the local rocery stores here in Austin this summer.

[@1m2a3t4t5]

masks...smh

[@shonuff4951]

Lol you're still wearing a mask... 🤡