Is France Safe for Women? Crime Rates in France
Safety index
The safety level in France is considered high, with an overall safety index of 3.8 out of 5.
Crime index
The crime rate in France is considered low, with an overall crime index of 2.2 out of 5.
Violence index
On average 5.5% percentage of women in France have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
Crime Rates & Safety Statistics
Based on 282 experiences from women living in France
Safety index: | 3.8/5 | Safe | |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.5/5 | Safe | |
Safety using public transport: | 4.1/5 | Safe | |
Crime index: | 2.2/5 | Low | |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2.2/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.8/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.8/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.8/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.9/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
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How safe is France?
Strasbourg
I don't feel safe in night in my city, lights are turn off the night for economics and ecologicals reasons. Public transit don't inspire good vibes at night too, incivility, no inspections, and they stop early so you have to take a cab if you don't have a car
Posted: September 25, 2024Paris
Paris remains a safe city. Everything is not perfect and women still to behave carefully specially in certain areas but globally there is not a dangerous city I Would just recommend staying away from certain area mainly La Chapelle, Barbès, and some streets in Belleville by night Be careful also because there are a lot of pickpocket
Posted: September 21, 2024Angers
Angers is such a very safe place, compares to others big city in France. You could visit the city with no stress, I have never see any women being attacked ! The city transports are also very safe !
Posted: September 19, 2024La Croix-Valmer
It's very safe, it's a very rich town next to Saint Tropez so there's a lot of tourists during summer but super quiet during the winter. You can chill during the winter as there's not a lot of people around.
Posted: September 18, 2024Reze
Fairly quiet city during the day but many young people hang out late in the streets depending on the neighborhood. Frequent mortar fire, motorized or non-motorized two-wheelers stolen in broad daylight.
Posted: September 17, 2024
Alice
Villebon-sur-Yvette
This is a small safe town, the people living here are pretty wealth. It can happen, rarely, seeing some disturbed men in the street nest to Palaiseau. It happened once to me, in the train station that i met a guy talking bad to me about sexual things. Once in 18 years living there.
Posted: September 14, 2024Toulouse
Toulouse's safety varies by neighborhood. Capitole and Saint-Cyprien are lively and generally safe, with police presence. Carmes and Côte Pavée are calm residential areas. Mirail and Empalot face higher crime rates. Safety improves with vigilance, especially in the evening.
Posted: September 13, 2024
Céline
Crossac
Crossac is a small village, safe, peaceful and the streetlights are off at 22.00, so much security is installed there. There are more ragondins here than thieves. I walk there in the middle of the night without any problem.
Posted: September 11, 2024Rennes
Rennes is beautiful but take care at night! Especially if you are solo traveling. I had some accidents in the metro “the public transportation in general” keep your stuff close to you and don’t talk with people who are harassing in talking if they continued get off the next station unfortunately Rennes becoming unsafe everyday.
Posted: September 10, 2024Villefranche-de-Rouergue
It's a nice city, but you can't ignore the suspicious people. You can meet very loud people in the street, sometimes there are fights too, and I've heard some (drunk?) men insult and threaten women in my neighbourhood (in the center of the city). I'd suggest to stay in the big streets at night if you're alone.
Posted: September 10, 2024Is France worth visiting?
Overall rating
based on 12 experiences from female travelers
Paris, Solo travel
I visited the city multiple times, it's nice but a little but too over hyped in my opinion and ofc it's expensive but didn't expect anything else from Paris. If you never visited Paris you should definitely do
Posted: September 27, 2024Experienced: April, 2024Nîmes, Group travel
There where a few bad expriences in the night in Nimes but u loved the city, wouldnt go out alone at night or wouldnt stay at a big hostel. The people are really open and theres lots of music i loved that.
Posted: September 21, 2024Experienced: September, 2024Meet locals in France
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