Is China Safe for Women? Crime Rate in China
Safety rating
Women living in China consider the safety level to be very high, with an overall safety rating of 4.7 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in China consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 14.6% percentage of women in China 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 40 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.7/5 | Very Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 4.5/5 | Very Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.9/5 | Very Safe |
Crime rate: | 2/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.5/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is China?
Shenzhen
I work in Shenzhen, and it’s a convenient and crowded city. It is very safe! There are many surveillance cameras in roads and if anything happened, police will help us. People here have relatively high salary and the city has low crime rates. But it’s better for women be at home when it’s over 23:00. Once I went out at night and went back home at 02:00, it’s still safe.
Posted: February 2, 2025Beijing
I have a hijab on and i felt fine walking alone at night when i needed to. Public transport was safe, walking on the streets too felt safe. But still though, avoid walking alone at night anywhere in the world just because it makes sense.
Posted: January 31, 2025
Xandra
China
A lot of the media coverage for China (especially in the United States) is very skewed. I lived in China for a few months and I genuinely have never felt safer walking alone at night. The cultural dating norms are a bit different here, where the girls are much more forward than the men. In the time I lived here, I had 100s of women approaching me asking me questions (all very lovely people) and maybe 3 men total. Very safe. The one sketchy experience I had was in the Kunming airport, one of my classmates accidentally left her phone (an iPhone, which is pretty valuable here) in the bathroom stall, and the woman who rushed into the stall after her stole her phone, and the police weren’t notified in time to catch her. So while most people are very courteous and wouldn’t do things like that, just be cautious like you would anywhere else.
Posted: January 15, 2025Shanghai
It’s a modern big city. And people here are very nice and polite. You can go on the street at midnight.Because the security here is very good. Even you left your bag on the street, no one will steal it.
Posted: January 9, 2025Shanghai
There are CCTV s absolutely everywhere and deters almost all violent crime. You can leave your bags alone at table in a restaurant or bar and no one will take your things. If you lose your phone in a taxi, you can contact the driver and retrieve it. Walking alone at night is more than fine as well.
Posted: January 3, 2025China
I live in a large city on the eastern coast of China. At least in my city, being a female traveler generally feels quite safe, apart from occasionally encountering unfriendly stares from some men. Most major cities in China or popular tourist destinations are similar in this regard. However, it’s harder to know about more remote areas.
Posted: January 2, 2025
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Hubei
There's surveillance everywhere, so it's easy to get caught trying to commit a crime.The danger that may be encountered is mainly in walking alone at night.Pay attention to traffic safety, because there are drivers and pedestrians who do not obey the traffic rules, and generally it is OK.
Posted: December 25, 2024Shanghai
Safest city I have been, I grew up in shanghai and I could take public transportation starting when I was around 12 years old to anywhere inside the city. All my friends and family think it’s the safest city they have been
Posted: December 6, 2024
Josh
Guangzhou
Guangzhou is the third modern city in China. There is not so much crimes and sexual harassments when visiting it. It’s not common but maybe there are people staring at you if you dress beautifully, you can just stare back or yell at them, or just walk away.
Posted: November 13, 2024China
I think travel in china is safe but live alone is kind of unsafe. Because some male workers will know your address. Especially delivery workers they will ask for good commend if you didn’t give them they maybe threaten you because they know your home. And alone at night I don’t like to walk in dark, most of times I don’t need to because of the cameras everywhere
Posted: November 7, 2024Is China worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 36 experiences from female travelers
Beijing, Solo travel
Being able to speak Mandarin would reallyyyy help. But if not, i have seen folks survive on Google Translate and VPN. Use Alipay and WeChat Pay for public transport, texi, food, everything really. I use Trip.com for hotels and high speed trains.
Posted: January 31, 2025Experienced: September, 2024China, Solo travel
Travelled 4 times to china, total spending 3 months in different province and cities. I would rate it as the safest country in the world. Welcoming and Friendly towards foreigners. Food is cheap, delicious and lots of variety.
Posted: January 28, 2025Experienced: November, 2023Meet locals in China
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