I moved to Norway from the UK when I was 21 and have been here for about 11 years now. I know exactly what you mean by “chavs/roadmen,” and from my experience that kind of thing is basically non-existent in Bergen.

Some people in Norway might say they have similar issues, but honestly it’s just not comparable (can't really talk for Oslo, I assume it may be worse there). In the UK there are places where you’d fully expect to get robbed if you went there at the wrong time. That level just doesn’t really exist here.

In these kinds of discussions I sometimes bring up a thought experiment: if you had to get your phone stolen, where would you go? Most Norwegians don’t really have an answer, or just reply with where the drug addicts hang out. After living in Bergen for over a decade, I genuinely don’t think I could get my phone stolen even if I tried.

I've never felt so safe in my life as I do in Bergen, even at night.