This is why I do some surveys on a cold 1 of january.
A camera crew is attacked by a stone thrower in Brussels. Let’s call him David.
And as thanks an OSM moderator deleted my note to map the shops before it was three months old.
Also in the Netherlands there are neighbourhoods you’d better avoid with your 360 camera 
https://www.gelderlander.nl/achterhoek/winterswijkers-die-met-spullen-naar-auto-google-street-view-gooien-gaan-opnieuw-viraal~ab7f42fb/
When I’m in a known risky neighborhood I mount a single camera not hidden but less visible. I avoid circling around the same area but may make multiple pases over many days instead.
But as @ligfietser example shows, stuff may happen when not expected. I had my only encounter just at my old school. A place I have always known to be safe for many years. I took a picture of the main building of the area but some guys setting at a bench did not like it at all. They were litterally sitting in the middle of the main image that portraits this area, and only took up a few blurry pixels on my shot, but they got quite angry.
This is a big problem in Brazil / Rio de Janeiro, specially in shanty towns / favelas. Even Google doesn’t have such areas.
I believe the only way to get some images would be with a partnership with the police, mounting cameras in their cars.
They did some imagery with police escort. Here for example:
I remember seeing photos where they were escorted by police cars in what looked like a really really bad area as well, don’t remember where it was though.
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Indeed, “unfriendly neighborhoods” and “unfriendly people” are a serious problem to consider when capturing on foot or by bike. Capturing by car gives you some kind of protection (and speed). There are always and everywhere a few people who just want to make other people’s lives miserable. They do not care that you are not breaking the law and doing nothing wrong. Many of these trouble makers on the street often forget that they have already shared their entire private life on (a)social media but then they have to play sheriff of their neighborhood. So, you have to be always careful when on foot with a camera, even in so called “civilized countries”.
Fortunately, so far I did not had to experience anyone throwing rocks at me. However, I did have a few “unfriendly encounters”, so I tend to choose the weekday and time of day consciously before capturing a specific area to minimize any chances of “unfriendly encounters”. Here are some of my rules of thumb:
- Capture city parks on workdays (often Mondays are best) before noon
- Capture residential areas on workdays (often Mondays are best) after morning rush hour until evening rush hour
- Capture retail and commercial areas on Sundays and holidays when shops and dining services are closed
- Capture industrial areas on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
- Fridays after evening rush hour usually see the least amount of people on streets
- Extreme temperatures, cloudy sky, and lingering rain also keep more people indoors
- besides, a cloudy sky generally gives best image results due to uniform lighting (no harsh shadows, reduced luminosity range more inline with SDR cameras, more accurate and stable auto‑whitebalance)
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