Is Croatia Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Croatia
Safety rating
Women living in Croatia consider the safety level to be very high, with an overall safety rating of 4.6 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Croatia consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 1.6 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 4.4% percentage of women in Croatia 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 65 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.6/5 | Very Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 4.5/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.7/5 | Very Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.6/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Croatia?
Zagreb
It is one of the safest cities I've been to and I have traveled a lot. I have never had any bad physical encounters. The only thing that may happen is catcalling or something verbal. I feel safe walking alone at night in most parts of the city
Posted: March 26, 2025Rijeka
I live in Trsat and itâs quite safe here in my opinion. Itâs the area where most of the students live. I think other parts of Rijeka might feel a bit unsafe late at night. It helps if youâre not walking alone!
Posted: March 9, 2025Zagreb
Zagreb is a really safe place, even after dark. Of course it's always recommended to be attentive and keep your eyes open, but usually no problems! After clubs it's recommended to use bolt/uber cause the public transport doesn't go as often
Posted: March 4, 2025Zagreb
Zagreb in my opinion is very safe, of course things happen but the overall feeling is safe and people do really want to help out. Something to remember is that people can be pushy but there's usually no I'll intent behind it.
Posted: March 2, 2025
Renata
Adriatic Croatia
Very safe, no crime at all, safe public transportation. People ready to help. Maybe thay don't speak english very well. You can enjoy in hot summer nights, it's safe to be out all night. There are a lot of tourists in the summer.
Posted: February 28, 2025Zagreb
It is a generally safe city. I feel safe walking alone at night because i do it fairly often. I feel safe in public transport and i would only be worried about getting robbed at the train stationor bus station.
Posted: February 27, 2025
Brigita
Zagreb
Zagreb is really one of the safest cities for travelers, no matter of sex or age, by opinion of many people and media. I've been living in Zagreb since 2020 and have never had a negative experience regarding personal safety.
Posted: February 20, 2025
Paola
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia so here we have people who came from other countries. Because of the politics and bad things happening in the world, in the last two years we gained a good amount of people coming here from Nepal, Afganistan and Pakistan. I personally donât feel safe seeing them in my town because big number of them are men.
Posted: February 19, 2025
Buga
Zagreb
I feel completely safe walking anywhere anytime, sometimes I get nervous if it is dark and someone is walking towards me but nothing ever happened to me. Keep in mind that I rarely feel unsafe even outside of my hometown, so maybe that is just my interpretation of the city.
Posted: February 12, 2025
Tarin
OpÄina Sveti Petar u Ĺ umi
OpÄina Sveti Petar u Ĺ umi is a smaller place itâs more like I village so people have a lot of animals but itâs also evolving so we have new houses and apartments. We are quite turisticaly evolved every year there are a lot of houses and appartments booked for stay. People usually like to enyoj the pools that most of the houses have and also explore entire Istria in its glory. Sveti Petar u Ĺ umi is the center of Istria it is sorounded with forests but has all new roads is easaly conected with entire Istria from the bottom to the top. Its an ideal place for peace and quiet in the country side but is half an hour drive to the sea, best restoruants, agroturisms, beautifull vinerys, coasts and mountains. Overall itâs a small and calm place where turists are more than wellcome also safe.
Posted: February 11, 2025Is Croatia worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 100 experiences from female travelers
Croatia, Solo travel
I traveled from Zagreb to Zadar, Split/Hvar and Dubrovnik by Flixbus. Pretty easy using the bus as the it's not that expensive and the trips are not that long. In Zadar 'Backpackers Home' is definitely a hostel I recommend! It's a super cosy hostel with a nice garden where you can chill and meet fellow travellers. I really loved the country as you get a good mixture of nature and smaller cities. Besides that it's also super safe for a solo female traveller! Because of the fact that the country became really popular last few years it also means the prices increased, but it's still pretty affordable. Only Dubrovnik is reallye expensive... One of the advantages of Dubrovnik on the other hand is that you can easily do a daytrip to Montenegro (Kotor) or Herzegovina (Mostar) which I would really recommend! For me Croatia was an ideal country to do for a first solo trip! I met some amazing people along the way...
Posted: March 11, 2025Experienced: August, 2024Pula, Solo travel
Beautiful beaches, the citadel is so beautiful as well. Very sunny and amazing city. The people there are super friendly and will randomly say hi to you on the street. Very safe even for a solo female traveller.
Posted: February 16, 2025Experienced: February, 2025Meet locals in Croatia
Tamara
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I'm Tamara and I'm 19. I love traveling and meeting new people. I have been on 3 Erasmus projects and am going to my forth next year, so I'm always open for adventures and exploring. I'm also planning on going interrailing in two months and would love to meet people on the way :)
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Filipina
About Me
Hello, my name is Filipina and I live in Croatia. When I donât work I like to spend my time traveling and dicovering new places. I have a lot of hobbies because my adhd is not letting me pick just one and master it đ I like sport, music and film festivals, love dancing and also reading, writing, making stuff, gardening, decorating. My biggest diy was 2 years ago, laying tiles and then making my kitchen from a scratch. Love playing chess and board games. Also I am interested in trying and learning new skills, open for suggestions and ideas.
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