Is Astana Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Astana

Astana is a quite safe place. I was/am always comfortable here. People are hospitable and nice. Sometimes they might be curious if you look different so they might want to capture it and may ask you to take a photo with them. If you’re not ok with it you can simply say no to it and it’ll be ok. Overall, people here understand some English so it wouldn’t be a big problem to express yourself.

Astana is a pretty safe city if you behave within the frame (like everywhere else, I would say). But i think a woman should be careful while contacting men in Kazakhstan in person. Here are simple rules for a solo woman in Kazakhstan: 1. Don’t go out with a man after 12pm 2. Don’t let couriers know you’re staying alone 3. When ordering taxi, use only Yandex app where everything is official and tracked and you can share the route link with anyone 4. This one might be obvious but don’t take a drink from strangers and don’t drink too much while out

Personally feel safe in areas where I am usually in(Levi bereg). But it is also possible to have men around who want to get ur number, especially at 5AM in summer. There is no many people outside in winter due to cold weather, so it is quite calm.

Astana is a safe city if you are in the safe districts. Esil and Almaty districts are the safest. So if you want to stay here, stay in Esil or Almaty districts. Almaty district is a residential area and most for locals.

It’s safe to travel alone after 10 pm,but only at touristical places I think.(like Khan shatyr,central park,expo etc) I recommend to go out at night with someone. But at the daytime it’s safe to go out for girls

Couple travel

Astana is a new city, built specifically as the capital. We spent one night in Astana and that was enough. I recommend visiting the mosque and the tower. About 1.5 hours from Astana is a former gulag (for women and children) - we hired a driver to take us there.