We just returned from St martin. For dinners we ate 4 times in marina Royale, 2 times at bistro de la mer in Marigot,4 times in grand case & twice at le Taitu. We never felt unsafe. As nakedasajaybird said "use common sense... in sxm & whenever you travel".
The gendarme were doing seat belt checks one day & waved us on as they could see ours.
Perfectly wonderful trip. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />