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 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Belgium consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2.2 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 111 experiences
Safety rating: | 4/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.4/5 | Moderate |
Safety using public transport: | 4.3/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2.2/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2.1/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.7/5 | 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: | 1.1/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Belgium?
Elena
Brussels
Stay with your friends and don’t move single by night cause men are so hungry 😭 be safe but its ok just some places to leave early . Night clubs is full of open minds , sexy girls with sexy outfits so I love to go out
Posted: February 19, 2025
Kelly
Brugge
I feel safe in Bruges like in other places I went to. I never experienced troubles, and I don't mind walking alone after dark. I'm only a little worried in general because of the changing world and people, but that's not typical of Bruges.
Posted: February 18, 2025Ghent
Ghent is overall safe and calm, sometimes at night in the city centre you can encounter some drunk people, but as long as u don't interact with it, they don't do u any harm. they usually just want to socialize.
Posted: February 15, 2025Belgium
Belgium is pretty safe, if you feel unsafe, you can tell Pepole and they’ll help you, Pepole are respectful so i don’t worry much about being assaulted on the street, i think its pretty safe for women, now, you know, nowhere is 100% safe for women.
Posted: February 13, 2025Dentergem
Dentergem is a small town, everyone knows everyone and nothing ever happens here, it’s good for walking and easy with transport to get anywhere. There are also bikes or vespa’s you can use to discover more, there is also a manege where you can ride horses, and i think you can use them but i’m not sure.
Posted: February 13, 2025
yasmine
Antwerp
Antwerp during the day is pretty safe besides the loud people on the public transportation. But during the night I'd recommend being with someone before walking the streets alone. Or definitely when you're in the city.
Posted: February 9, 2025Antwerp
Antwerp is a safe city to travel. You might read stories about drug violence, this is kept between the “gangs” and is not noticeble by others. There is almost always people around (social control) and people mostly keep to themself.
Posted: February 8, 2025Seraing
Not really safe alone to be honest... my home was rob once and my car taken by neighbour's, there's a lot of bad people in the streets at night, and not really good places to stay alone so I won't leave a good review out of my town
Posted: February 7, 2025
Lula
Liège
Liège is the kind of city you need to be born into. As a local, I know very well how to behave, where to go and what to do. But for foreigners I'd always advise to meet up with a local to know about these things. Our city is under construction to build a tramway and so many areas are unsafe because it's just a mess. Lots of people are very kind and lovely but homelessness is a huge issue and they cause trouble any chance they get and a lot of us are pissed.
Posted: February 6, 2025
Em
Brussels
Brussels is generally safe. Just don’t go in weird places. I think there are few robbers like in every cities…but not really criminals. I you have a luxury watch, yeah don’t show it to much..unfortunately. After is safe. Just be careful like normally. Unfortunately like everywhere there can be few people with bad intentions…
Posted: February 4, 2025Is Belgium worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 82 experiences from female travelers
Jane
France
Brussels, Solo travel
Europe by train 1/17 • Brussels Reassuring first stop for my solo trip ! Belgians are very nice, and there are so many things to do. Even in the neighborhoods I was told to avoid (like the courthouse), I had zero problem at all 🏃♀️➡️ very walkable ! I walked by foot from the center to the Centenaire park, it was very pleasant 🏺 Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Musée des Beaux-Arts, street art 🍔 fries and waffles, of course! Go to Fritland and Maison Dandoy are a must ❤️ museums are great, people are nice, historic center is beautiful. You can eat well for a decent price 💔 outside the historic city center, it is much less lively and it can feel a bit unsafe. Much of the city was also under renovation
Posted: February 9, 2025Brussels, Solo travel
I was I Brussels beginning of February and it was very cold. I like public transport, its fairly cheap. I highly reccommend going to turist info point to get map and recommendations on what to see, they are super friendly and nice.
Posted: February 4, 2025Experienced: January, 2025Meet locals in Belgium
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