Is Belgium Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Belgium
Safety rating
Women living in Belgium consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.1 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Belgium consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2.1 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 2.5% percentage of women in Belgium 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 88 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.1/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.4/5 | Moderate |
Safety using public transport: | 4.3/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2.1/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2/5 | A Bit Worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.7/5 | A Bit Worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.6/5 | A Bit Worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.5/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.7/5 | A Bit Worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Belgium?
Tournai
I live in Tournai for 5 years now, Nothing bad happened to me, though I go out alone at night, However, I'm often on the bike and wouldn't feel safe being all alone, walking at certain hours in certain places, I still got stared at, on the street and catcalled, but nothing too serious,
Posted: January 20, 2025
Marie
Louvain-la-Neuve
It is a student city so a lot of student life is going on there, so it is in a way very fun because the whole city can be a party and when I walk I often see people I know but sometimes, there is some places where there is no light at night and that is quite scary
Posted: January 20, 2025Lede
Lede is a small town and is relatively safe. In Belgium it is never a good idea to be hanging around a trainstation at night, but besides that there isn't much to worry about. Being attacked here is something that I haven't seen happening. If you hang around cafés late, you might get harassed a bit by drunk men, although I haven't seen that happening either.
Posted: January 20, 2025Neupré
´ Liège offers a peaceful and safe living environment. Many neighborhoods are home to elderly residents, surrounded by beautiful woods. Apart from hunting season, it’s very calm, with almost no thefts or burglaries.
Posted: January 19, 2025Belgium
Brussels is quite safe. But as a girl, I can never say that I feel 100% safe, unfortunately everywhere in the world. So I would say that it is easy to go to transport, even at night ; after 00:00 it is more difficult to find transports and I would à dice to use apps like Bolt of Heetch to command taxis. During the weekend, the transports are later. For the street harassing, it is quite OK. People are nice.
Posted: January 19, 2025Brussels
It's a very safe place, but also depends on areas. There are areas such as South station, North Station and Anderlecht where it's less comfortable and safe at night alone. But during the day any spot would do
Posted: January 15, 2025Brussels
Need to take the usual precautions to be honest, as a women travelling solo it’s always good to take Ubers in the night as we cannot trust other people to keep us safe. Very good to listen to this advice
Posted: January 13, 2025
Kie
Liège
Liege is an overall safe city, but there are a lot of neighborhoods to avoid. As a local and as a girl, I've learned to avoid these neighborhoods, but you sometimes have to go through them in order to get to your destination. The bus is a really great way to get around and I feel very safe in them except when it's the last bus of the day and its 11pm and you're alone lol.
Posted: January 13, 2025
Ine
Ghent
Ghent is very lovely and vibrant city with lots of people around of all ages, gender and cultures. It’s always full of life and things to do. That means that there’s always someone around to help out if it would be necessary.
Posted: January 13, 2025
Nouella
Namur
Namur is overally pretty safe, if you know which places to avoid of course. These last years petty crimes have been on the rise bit not enough to pose a real threat in my opinion. My friends and I have been living here our whole lives and never had something serious happen to us. And if you feel unsafe walking alone at night, there are scooters everywhere and you can take one to go back to your accomodation quickly and easily! But there’s really nothing to worry about if you stay aware of your surroundings.
Posted: January 13, 2025Safety in Belgium
Ghent
Brussels
Bruges
Antwerp
Leuven
Hasselt
Liège
Tervuren
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Sint-Niklaas
Aalst
Ostend
Ypres
Huy
Namur
Tournai
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