Is Ireland Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Ireland
Safety rating
Women living in Ireland consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.1 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Ireland consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 1.4% percentage of women in Ireland have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
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Crime & Safety Statistics
Based on 61 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.1/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.6/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.2/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.5/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.5/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.6/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.1/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Ireland?
Emily
Abbeyleix
Quiet town with friendly locals, lived here my whole life with no problems. I have not been told of any problems other women have had either. It’s a safe town, majority of people are friendly. Of course, the times where you may feel unsafe are when around drunk men outside the pubs.
Posted: February 28, 2025
Elaine
Bray
Very safe, has been awarded purple status which means safe at night and during the day. I walk, hike and run solo regularly. People are friendly, if you get lost just ask for help. Urban location so plenty of people around.
Posted: February 23, 2025Cork
As a queer woman I feel pretty safe in the city walking alone during the day or night. Yes from time to time you may bump into some drunk jerks but they pretty much ignore you if you do so too. It is pretty much safe here
Posted: February 22, 2025
Den
Dún Laoghaire
Its THE posh area, one of the safest in Co. Dublin, if not the safest. The South side is mostly safe, Dun Laoghaire is on top. I've personally never witness led a crime in thus area, nor have I've ever been threatened. Be careful if you're in City Center tho.
Posted: February 15, 2025Dundalk
Like most towns/cities in Ireland, safe particularly during the day, can have a few dodgy characters in some areas particularly at night. Not a crazy amount of crime or violence or anything like that.
Posted: February 15, 2025County Wicklow
Wicklow is a very safe place to live. I have lived here all of my life and have never personally experienced any bad crime. It is a beautiful area and is named the Garden of Ireland. There are many beautiful natural sights to see.
Posted: February 14, 2025Dundalk
Dundalk is relatively safe. Always stay close to town or to big neighbour hoods. Not much happens in Dundalk. The most scariest thing you may see is a drunk man. Besides that you won’t have much to deal with in Dundalk
Posted: February 11, 2025
Adele
Wexford
I have never been present when anything bad has happened to anyone and from my personal opinion I haven't had anyone close to me be attacked or tell me anything of the like. I start work at 6 am most mornings and feel perfectly safe walking to work. I have often been on a night out and walked 15/20 mins home alone just fine 😊
Posted: February 6, 2025Dublin
On my experience Dublin is safe place. I’m here only 5 months, but I don’t have any situation where I need to worry about my safety. It’s beautiful city, I spent most of time outside with other people, but I walking alone every night from work and it’s always was safety for me.
Posted: February 5, 2025Wexford
It's standard, if you stick to the right areas and make sensible decisions you should be fine. The public transport is learning existent and therefore not much of a cause for concern. Ireland has a negative culture around women particularly in nightclubs and therefore in those situations some catcalling/groping/pressuring I'd to be expected.
Posted: February 3, 2025Is Ireland worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 93 experiences from female travelers
Dublin, Solo travel
Amazing experience ! One of my first Couchsurfing and it was incredible ! We had the chance to be here for the gay parade and it was really wonderful experience ! We had chance to discover different part of the city and enjoy the real Ireland vibe ! From Dublin you can take train 20 min to small village in the cost it’s really amazing I recommend ! We had feeling safe all the trip but was little surprise how it’s work here with nightlife, lot of people drunked , bar and club close early and all the bus and taxi was reserved so if I can suggest to don’t wait for the last minute to go home ;)
Posted: March 8, 2025Experienced: May, 2022
Manon
France
Dublin, Solo travel
I loved this experience ! It was the first time for me to go really solo somewhere. I travelled before with school but I always knew someone (teacher ou students). Here I was solo. I took my time, slept in hostel. Everything was perfect. I did everything that I wanted. Very nice
Posted: February 24, 2025Meet locals in Ireland
Delia
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I'm a positive, friendly, open minded, non-judgamental, genuine, kind, respectful, considerate, down to earth person :D
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Sarah
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Hi, I'm an arts student currently taking a gap year. I love arts, crafts and thrifting. I really like my city so I'm happy to spend a little time showing people around. I'm pretty broke most of the time lol. I'm often described by others as creative, nice, kind, funny and smart. I'm a Christian and very allergic to peanuts
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