Is Lyon Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Lyon

It depends on were you are but Lyon is a pretty dangerous city, there’s lot of pickpockets or strangers, If you’re a woman you need to be careful if you are in a dangerous place like guillotière but the center is pretty safe except at night.

I think this is like every where in France. Too many men are taking too much place but you can also be safe if you are with good people. For me I find Lyon’s great, you can always find people helping you

Except for a very specific neighbourhood (La Guillotière) Lyon is very safe. It’s as dangerous as any big city could be so there’s some pickpockets but overall I’ve never felt particularly threatened. There’s a lot of light during the night which is a good point.

Daylight is fine but be careful at night, stay in crowded places whenever you can. Not saying it's obviously gonna happen but as someone living there I do not feel so safe and keep it quick when I want to get home. If you travel with a car please book a private parking spot, there's a lot of robbery and broken car windows in our streets

Lyon is a very pretty and pleasant city to live in, but you have to be careful about the neighborhoods and the times you walk around. There are markets, the quays of the Rhône and the Saône, old Lyon, everything is very pretty. Take the time to walk around.

During the day mostly all the neighborhoods are considered safe, during the night, I also can say except some neighborhoods, there would be no problem to go out, just be careful and avoid some high crime rates neighborhoods

Couple travel

Felt recently safe, people were actually pretty nice. Food was great, we ate a bunch of food from the local weekend markets because we're broke. We did also eat at a fancier local place and the food was amazing. Lots of free historical places, museum was free for university students (we're grad students)

Group travel

I felt pretty safe, you just have to trust the locals about which places to avoid like Guillotière. The places I would recommend to check out are Le Parc de la Tête d'Or, the streets of Vieux-Lyon, the Fourvière cathedral, and the presqu'île. If you want to shop, the Part-Dieu mall or the avenue de la république are for you.