Is Lille Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Lille

Lille is a generally safe and welcoming city, especially in the central areas. Like any big city, it’s good to stay aware of your surroundings, but walking around during the day and evening is totally fine. Locals are friendly, and public transportation is reliable. I’ve lived here all my life and always feel comfortable, even when coming home late.

Lille is full of druged people and they like to drink. There's a lot of drunk people at night, so stay safe. Otherwise, its very calm and everyone is nice and welcoming but beer is really a part of the culture there.

It really depends on places and streets. There are some places I'd never cross at night, and other streets I'd go very fast during the day, or with earphones. Not a lot, though, it's very precise. (Rue Jules Guesde, around Wazemmes and Porte des Postes where it already happened to me being harassed. Also avoid Henri Matisse park at night because of drug dealers)

First of all Lille is LGBT+ friendly, big lesbian community here Of course some areas are a bit uncomfortable for women but not unbearable just like in any other cities. I honestly feel safe walking around the city even at night

It's kinda safe globally. As long as you're not alone, there is almost no risk of being assaulted. It happens that drunk or dumb guys cat call you or annoy you but you have to be very unlucky to have more serious problems. Just be careful of wich parts of the city you're walking alone. If you plan to walk away from the center at night, i advice you to take a night bus or the subway.

I was in Lille for about 3 months for school (I was 20 years old and about 4’11 (150cm). During which I lived about 30 minutes from my school and 10 minutes from the main city area and would walk very early all the way until very late at night. I took public transportation during the day and it was very clean and safe ( and on time!). When I was walking at night I did walk by myself frequently and NEVER felt threatened or unsafe! The main areas are very lit up and because of the nightlife you will still see lots of people even in the early morning hours

Solo travel

You can go to Lille from Paris by taking a bus or a train. I took a 3h bus and was really quick. One you get there you can walk around and see all main attractions that are closed to the city center. Food is not expensive. You should try les moulles with french fries and the go to have some dessert in a bakery store but not the gouffre cause it's really thing and small that's not worth the price. To finish you can go to the Citadelle a nice park to have some rest and a drink. I would recommend to do this just in a day cause there's no more else to do after that

Group travel

I want to talk about my experience in Lille because it was the first time I was hosted by a girl I had met online. I was with my roommate and our host let us stay for two nights in her place, she was such a lovely person to talk to and we could trust each other completely! I am very grateful for this experience and I hope I can do it again in the future. Lille is a beautiful city with cool architecture and some museums that we really enjoyed. The people are really nice too. I recommend it!