Stayed at AKR back in the mid nineties, sounds like it hasn't changed a bit. We never left the resort on that trip. In June 2018, me my wife and our three teenage children rented house in the Sandy Bay area just out side of the AKR grounds. We drove all around the island, grocery shopped in Coxen Hole, wandered around in West End and West Bay. Walked down to and back from a couple near by restaurants in the early evening. Did not go to Coxen Hole at night. We never felt unsafe. Always be vigilant, and never flaunt your wealth. That being said, there are armed guards at gas stations, grocery stores, ATM machines, and they are likely there for a reason. It is a poor country and there is much property crime. Several "low value" items were stolen from the gated area under the house during our stay, they used long poles with hooks to swipe, ironically, fishing poles.