Is Melbourne Safe for Women? Crime in Melbourne

Melbourne can seem quite sketchy sometimes, but honestly, getting to know the city and its people is the only way to feel safe. Close suburbs to Melbourne like Richmond are probably as unsafe as it gets, but Fitzroy and North Melbourne are wonderful suburbs that offer great street lighting and have safe environments

melbourne is relatively safe in busy areas with lots of people, and also the quiet areas. it’s hit or miss things can happen anywhere but overall it’s relatively safe if you’re not in dodgey places at night

Personally I find Melbourne very safe to live in. However I have heard of cases of women being assaulted, and quite high rates of theft and burglary. Luckily, never something I have experienced personally.

Melbourne is a very safe city! Some areas you may have break-ins, but just keep your doors locked and you’ll be OK. As a woman, I feel safe taking public transport, but I would walk/cycle in lit areas at night.

Melbourne is very safe. It's very well lit and the are police on every train station at night. The city is also patrolled. It's best to be cautious at night as with most cities, but I've never felt unsafe travelling at night on public transport.

Melbourne is really safe, but as every big city, it has some suburbs where you should take precautions: Footscray, Frankston and the area around the two main stations (Flinders Street and Southern Cross).

It’s a really nice place and I do recommend travelling there, however I have some bad experiences. You need to be vigilant on a night out as unfortunately people do get spiked so don’t go out without friends you can rely on. In and around the city at night there are drunk people who do unfortunately get violent sometimes so be careful with that but there is also police everywhere and the train stations all have officers at them after dark.

Overall as a city people are friendly and kind... As a woman in public generally I think you are very safe. This is only my experience as a local white woman so it comes with the shelter of that privelidge. But it's happened to me and my friends that we lose our wallets in the park and someone looks at our address on our license and returns it with everything in it to our letterbox. So I'd say if that's a barometer of public atmosphere we doin alright...

Melbourne is safe and the people are really lovely and helpful. Just be mindful late at night. I suppose that is anywhere in the world. Public transport is good, there are late night trains, trams and buses. It's easy to get around.

Melbourne is a great place but just be cautious after dark and don't go to any of the more rougher suburbs at all. Just stick to the cities and major suburbs. Call someone if you have to walk anywhere after dark that is isolated.

Solo travel

Out of the three cities I visited in Australia, Melbourne was my favorite! A multicultural capitol, with loads to do and see and lots to eat! There are many free activities that made the trip more affordable to me, like the NGV museum! The nightlife is great and I felt very safe. The public transit is AMAZING, even when you get to the outskirts of the city.

Solo travel

Im in Melbourne since 1 month. I feel safe here as a woman. I visit some museum, library, go to some beaches, garden at night. Im a french backpacker, i stay in a hostel Melbourne city backpacker i like it a lot. You can meet new people really easily here. You can use the tram here and it's free in some zone.

Family travel

I loved my time in Melbourne to the point of wanting to move there one day soon. The theatre, music and art scene was fantastic coming from small town NZ. I really enjoyed Fitzroy and Victoria market too. The food options were great although I maintain NZ does better coffee

Family travel

I had a great time in Melbourne! I stayed with some friends. I went to a fun quiz night and thai food at a place called revolver. We drove to nearby towns like ballarat which was very pretty! Beaches were very flat but good walkways along the coast line. Colourful bath houses in brighton.