Is Melbourne Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Melbourne

Melbourne is generally quite a safe city, but as with anywhere, it depends on the place and time. The city — particularly the corner of Elizabeth St and Flinders St, as well as King St — can get dodgy, especially at night. Anywhere with alcohol and large groups of men (e.g., pubs, spoeting events) is more unsafe. The suburbs are generally much safer. That being said, most women who travel here don't experience many issues.

Generally, Melbourne CBD is very safe (plenty of people around to help you if u need it), you can walk alone at night with 0 problems. However, be careful of going into the outer city north or west, or the Deep South east (and also on ptv/public transport on those lines) because there are wannabe gangs (usually high school boys) with inflated egos that might cause a ruckus, and also a few druggies here and there. Generally the safest places are the east and the CBD, I go home all the time past 10pm (alone) and I’ve never felt unsafe!

Really safe, there is limited crime, if you stay in populated areas you feel looked out for, in the evenings you can walk comfortable and you’re unlikely to have anything pick pocketed or robbed. It’s best to keep bags close when in the city

Melbourne is a great place to live, work and travel. In terms of risk to safety it's relatively low. Crime does happen but it's not unsafe to be here, travel alone or be anywhere after dark. Police are extremely approachable should anything happen.

pretty safe but i would maintain the same precautions as everywhere else: head held high, know where you are going, dress like a local, don’t tell large groups and men that you are travelling alone etc.

It is a great city to live in, safe in most suburbs near the city but best to not walk dark streets at night and follow the main roads. Not too much crime, but there will always be some in a major city

Solo travel

Melbourne is a very nice city. People are lovely, I met a loooot of nice people. The city is safe, I've never felt worried there. Also transportation is very safe and good. I stayed there for 4 month and took the tram dayly without any issues there is a lot of student or people traveling so you can always find people for a trip outside the city.

Group travel

I went to Melbourne for a concert with friends. Unfortunately due to my diet restrictions (gluten intolerant and lactose intolerant) a lot of the restaurants they wanted to go to were not an option for me. However, I was easily able to find places that accommodated my needs and the food was good. I ended up walking around alone a lot and it was so easy to get around. It was safe and I had so much fun. The attractions themselves in Melbourne are really great too. There are a lot of interesting and unique things to do as well as some things that even the locals do. It's a wonderful city to visit and I'm hoping to move there in the next few years!