Crime & Women's Safety in Budapest

Generally speaking, I think Budapest is one of the safest cities during the day. At night, city centre is also very safe, after long night outs, I always walk home alone and feel completely fine. I don’t have problem with night buses neither, I did not experience any form of harassment while travelling on them at night. However, there are certain parts of the city I would avoid in the dark as a female, and also some tramlines, like line 1, that is not very safe for anyone to take.

Budapest is quite safe when its comparing to other countries. There are many homeless and not physically healthy people but mostly harmless. İts really annoying when beggars asking money from you, but you can get rid of it easily.

It is generally very safe. Probably not the safest city in the world but I’ve lived here all my life and barely experienced anything crazy. You ofc need to be careful but that’s true for all places. Depends on the districts as well ofc, some I avoid even in broad daylight but the city center and most places are generally alright safety wise.

Budapest is a really safe place for solo travelers, female travellers. The city has good public transport also during the night so i would recommend this place. Safe to walk around and streets are well lighted.

I was born and rased in Budapest, all i have ever known was in Budapest.I have visited 20+ countries in my life and its safe to say that Budapest is the safest city i have ever been to.Nothing will ever happen to you if you keep your things packed.

I'm here just for 2 whole months, but I can totally say that in these days, there is no day I couldn't feel safe. I'm living in Buda part, maybe it also affects but I also used transportation from Pest at night times. I never experienced being unsafe. At first homeless people was scary, I can admit but after seeing there is no harm from them, I feel much more confortable. And, Budapest is a really 7/24 living city, you always can find a women companion while you're waiting a transport.

I think its very safe. I have been living in Budapest in the past 10 years and not many attrocities happened to me. The most thing you would have to worry about is homeless people on the tram, they are harmless but stinky.

Depends on the area which you are walking after dark. I worked in theaters so usually I went home late and nothing dangerous happend to me. I advise you not to use some public transportations alone in the night (tram 1), don’t walk alone around Keleti and Nyugati railway stations.

As a person living in Budapest, we have some districts which are NOT recommended for solo travellers. (8th district for example) I would recommend finding a place to stay near the river , because it is more on the expensive side of the city and less fishy and bad. At the night time you should be aware of yourself and your surroundings. There are much more unsafe places in the world, and you should not be THAT worried, especially if you find a place to stay in the core of the city( city center), but when you are walking home after midnight, make sure you stay at a place which is not outside the inner circle, places like Deak square and other crowded places. I recommend : 1 , 11 , 13, 5, 6, 7 district 5 and 6 and 7 is the party district, 11 is the university district, 1 is the castle district( most expensive)

Solo travel experience

Budapest is such a beautiful, safe, with nice people. I highly recommend you to visit Budapest. Sights to see on the Buda side: National Gallery, Fisherman's Bastion, Matyas Church, Buda Castle. Sights to see on the Pest side: Vaci Street, Hungarian Parliament, Chocolate Museum, Miniversum, the statues along the Danube. I visited in January and the weather was fine.

Solo travel experience

Budapest is a stunning European city with affordable prices despite its beauty. As a solo female traveler, I didn't get bored and felt safe. I divided my time, spending one day in Buda and one day in Pest, then explored Margaret Island on the third day. In short, I recommend staying for a minimum of three days in this city.

Group travel experience

There were not many places to visit. Transportation was very easy. The food was not interesting. Everyone was very friendly. But it was more expensive than I expected. The number of indigenous people was very small

Group travel experience

Including the hostel where we stayed in Budapest, we lived the sparkling streets, which are beautiful day and night. There are a lot of tourists like us and it feels great.It was also very pleasant to meet and chat with many travelers.