Is Netherlands Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Netherlands
Safety rating
Women living in Netherlands consider the safety level to be very high, with an overall safety rating of 4.5 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Netherlands consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 1.8 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 7.1% percentage of women in Netherlands 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 435 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.5/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 4.1/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.7/5 | Very Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.8/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.7/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.1/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Netherlands?
Isabella
Groningen
Really safe city, live here for my whole life and never ever feeld not-safe. Its a very busy student city, so you are basically never alone on the streets. The night life is very nice! You have good places vor every kind of person!
Posted: June 25, 2025Groningen
Groningen is very safe. I don't feel uncomfortable walking alone at night but I am quite masculine and have short hair. However the night life (partying) is a little unsafe because people forgot how to behave after COVID-19. Groningen is also one of the first cities that sell 100% legal government weed so drug crimes are really low but there are a lot of people smoking it in public
Posted: June 24, 2025
Katinka
Delft
Lived in the city centre for 4 years, felt very safe always, also when walking alone at 4 am Be careful outside the city centre though, especially Tanthof and rest of the south of delft. Public transport extremely safe
Posted: June 24, 2025
Lonneke
Eindhoven
Depends on where but overall it's safe but you have to be careful in dark places expectedly when you are a girl. There can be drunk ore homeless people on the streets. The normally do nothing but it can happen
Posted: June 22, 2025Delft
A super safe city with mostly older people and students. I usually bike around at night and there's not that many people around in general. It is possible that you would encounter some people who are a bit drunk at night but it's very unusual and they don't really care about you anyway.
Posted: June 22, 2025Maastricht
Maastricht is a lovely little city here in the south of the Netherlands At night, stay away from places like: the bassin and noorderbrug (bridge) the city centre is pretty safe all year and day round but ofcourse use your common senses. Id say left side of the river (where the centre centre is) is probably a little less safe feeling wise. Especially the neighborhoods around brusselse poort (shopping centre). On the right side of the river stay away from noorderbrug coming in there and those surrounding area’s from nazaret to witte vrouwenveld At night
Posted: June 22, 2025Is Netherlands worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 162 experiences from female travelers
Amsterdam, Family travel
With my sister in Ams🫶 A vibrant city, and we stayed in a really nice home (the stairs were WILD but it’s really how houses are built there). I strongly recommend visiting Ams and trying local food as much as possible (local markets have some really good stands)😋
Posted: June 25, 2025The Hague, Family travel
Safety depends on the neighborhood. I loved food courts, especially the one near De Pier where you can enjoy panoramic views. I recommend visiting Scheveningen area and Peace Palace in the city center. I loved drinking coffee near the canals and in the Koekamp park where you can find animals like deers and squirrels.
Posted: June 13, 2025Experienced: June, 2023Safety in Netherlands
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