Is Lille Safe for Women?

Never had any bad expérience in 23 years of living here, but I also respect the basics rules to keep safe. I guess it is like any big cities, you have to be careful and stay out of the "bad" neighborhoods.

Lille is really safe with police officer everywhere. Of course like in every big city there is homeless people, drunk people... but where I live, it is the most safe place in Lille. I recommand Lille 100%.

It's a big city so it's a bit complicated, it depends on the neighborhoods, like pretty much everywhere, but generally it's quite safe. It's better to avoid the train station area or the markets.

I've been living in Lille for 2 years and I find it to be a fairly safe city. It obviously depends on the neighborhood, but overall, you can trust the people who are very friendly. The least safe neighborhoods are in the south of Lille. There are a lot of homeless people, which can tarnish the city's reputation, but otherwise everything is fine.

It depends of where you are, in general i’ve personnaly never had problems but Lille unfortunately have a big rate of crimes (physical, sexual,…). It’s a very young city with a big sense of culture and party

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