Is Albania Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Albania
Safety rating
Women living in Albania consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.1 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Albania consider the crime rate to be very low, with an overall crime rating of 1.3 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 5% percentage of women in Albania have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
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Crime & Safety Statistics
Based on 4 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.1/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.7/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.4/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.3/5 | Very Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Is Albania safe for women?
Vlora
Albania is the safest country I've lived in so far. Cat calling doesn't exist here. Crime does still happen sometimes of course, but it's very rare compared to any other country I've lived in, especially the US!
Posted: November 1, 2024Tirana
I walk at night in Tirana, and it is pretty safe, there have been catcalling before but it has minimised, men tend to catcall foreigners but its a small minority and they don’t really act on it. Central area is very safe.
Posted: August 3, 2024Tirana
Tirana is a safe place overall in my experience. What I’m mostly negatively experiencing is verbal harassment by older men and (un)fortunately nothing outside “common”. They would make comments about my appearance and ask me out. I was never touched inappropriately or physically assaulted. Ive walked outside in different hours of the day, from 6am to 2am.
Posted: July 6, 2024Tirana
Tirana is a safe city, I mean overall Albania is a safe country with great hospitable people, who are very welcoming and friendly. Tirana is growing modern and friendly with tourists. Feel free to visit.
Posted: May 8, 2024Is Albania worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 65 experiences from female travelers
Durrës, Group travel
A lot of creepy men staring and approaching Women were really nice everywhere Got robbed the last night in our apartment,the owners didn’t care and said it was our fault for leaving our stuff inside:)
Posted: November 4, 2024
Justine
Canada
Shkodër, Solo travel
I feel compelled to tell my story. I don't think the people here are quite welcoming yet of tourists. On the first day, I experienced two racist things (one verbal, one verbal AND physical... dirt and egg thrown at me). I understand that these two instances do not make up the entire people, but considering these all happened within less than 12 hours, I felt unsafe in the city. The next day, I decided to go bike to the lake and the castle. Now THAT was gorgeous... and the food was amazing. I decided to cut my original 4 days to 2, since I was too anxious to stay. It's hard to reconcile the goods and the bads since this is the first time in my adult life I've experienced *physical* racism. I have heard some other POC experiences (and also had one bad anti-tourist experience in Tirana) so... traveller beware.
Posted: October 9, 2024Experienced: September, 2024Meet locals in Albania
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