Based on 6 local experiences
Based on 6 local experiences
Passau is really safe, you should only be careful during the night around the train station and the central bus station (ZOB). Everywhere else you can walk alone without any safety issues and during the day everything is perfectly safe
Posted: October 24, 2025Julia
It's pretty safe, but I'd generally avoid walking alone around the Inn river at night or around the train/bus station. In my 5 years I've never had an incident where I felt unsafe though. If you're with another friend you'll likely be fine.
Posted: June 23, 2025As a local woman walking around I feel safe, even at the local bus central and train station. Some areas have low light but regardless I feel safe. As long as you keep up typical precautions I’ve had no problems. Occasionally in broad daylight you have men yelling out of cars at you and maybe a weird guy trying to flirt here and there but I didn’t feel in danger from these encounters. As a woman travelling alone Passau would be 100% safe
Posted: January 18, 2025Magdalena
Passau is a medium-sized city where almost everything is within walking distance. People know each other, which reinforces the feeling of security. In addition, the local university creates a very open-minded atmosphere in Passau. Only the area around the station and the ZOB is often the target of drunken prowlers at night. Nevertheless, I've never felt threatened when I've had to pass by there at night.
Posted: January 14, 2025In general it's quite safe, though there are some places we tend to avoid, especially at night. examlpes would be the ZOB and the Bahnhofstraße (Grain Station Street). The crime rate is moderate, mainly drug exchange crimes. We have lots of students, so there are quite a lot of party-goers at night. Chances of being harrassed/raped/robbed are quite low, I'd say, but I wouldn't feel 100% safe walking home from the club on my own at night though. All in all, it's not terrible but also not perfect
Posted: January 1, 2025The safety map shows areas in Passau where women have reported feeling unsafe.
Lea
Passau
3 days
Hey hey everyone! I'm a linguistics and media student in Passau and enjoy learning new activities, knowledge and also getting to know new people!I love discovering and seeing different and new cultures and architecture and am especially interested in new food from all over the world. I'm vegetarian btw:) I'd love to travel more but it's expensive but I have a lot of time right now so I try to do a lot now, I still want to see hamburg and London this year! I love coffee, metal and cats but I'll try to befriend any animal if I can haha. Other than that I love meeting my friends and sometimes partying although I don't drink alcohol. If I want a more quiet evening I read or watch a movie or think about what's wrong with the world haha
Anna
Passau
3 days
I‘m a 24 year old student, studying to become a teacher and originally from the Allgäu Alps. I’m a huge nature lover and avid outdoors person. I also enjoy meeting new people, exploring new cultures, cooking (and eating) delicious meals, having deep/mind-opening conversations, as well as reading and listening to music (plus especially podcasts)
Julia
Passau
Hi my name is Julia, I'm 23 and living in Passau, Germany currently. I've just finished my law degree and will be staying here for a few more months (till April, probably). I'm what you'd call a true European at heart because I've now lived in 3 countries in the last 5 years. I'm natively Bulgarian (Varna born and raised ) and moved to Germany for university. I did a bachelors program in Toulouse, France, on the side, though. I have a passion for languages and speak enough of them to know that I want to learn all languages lol. They've taken a setback because of my degree (finals) in the past year or so, and I'm trying to get back on track with Mandarin since it truly gives me so much joy to learn. I'm doing a language study program in Singapore in August to treat myself for graduation. Since I've graduated but haven't got a job secured yet, I thought I'd spend the time travelling and / or meeting new people since my day to day has been quite monotone lately. I have this terrible characteristic that I don't mind moving abroud all alone but can't bring myself to travel solo for a short trip. I have no idea why this scares me so much, but here I am trying to break out of that fear.
Penny
Passau
Hey! A British/Canadian living in Germany who’s down to explore the world and try everything new. I’ve been living in Germany for almost 2 years now and love meeting other expats or travellers because I feel a kindred spirit among us wanderers ❤️❤️