Is Oslo Safe for Women? Crime in Oslo

Safety index

Very Safe
4.6 /5

The safety level in Oslo is considered very high, with an overall safety index of 4.6 out of 5.

Crime index

Very Low
1.3 /5

The crime rate in Oslo is considered very low, with an overall crime index of 1.3 out of 5.

Violence index

11.1%

On average 11.1% percentage of women in Norway have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.

Crime & Safety Statistics

Based on 26 reviews

Safety index:

4.6/5Very Safe

Safety walking alone after dark:

4.1/5Safe

Safety using public transport:

4.5/5Safe

Crime index:

1.3/5Very Low

Worries of being sexually harassed:

1.3/5Not at all worried

Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped:

1.1/5Not at all worried

Worries of being physically attacked:

1.1/5Not at all worried

Worries of home broken and things stolen:

1/5Not at all worried

Worries of being mugged or robbed:

1/5Not at all worried

Worries of being kidnapped or murdered:

1/5Not at all worried

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How safe is Oslo for women?

Kristina

Kristina

Oslo is quite safe. I have walked home alone at night many times. But, of course, use normal caution when walking alone at night through parks or by Aker river. Oslo has a lot of forest and it's very accomodated to visit. You can easily just pop up a tent and make a fire at the designated fire places. Robberies happen, but it's not very common. I think if you forget your wallet anywhere, it will probably just be there when you go back for it or someone will find it and try to contact you to pick it up.

Posted: September 3, 2024
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Oslo is a rather safe town. It har crimes as all bigger city’s. I felt safe living in Oslo, and did not worry going home alone at night. As a general advice i would avoid walking alone through parks at night, just in case.

Posted: August 19, 2024
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Safe to travel for women. There are many tourists in the city centre. The crime rate is low and prosperity is high. Little robbing . As long as you stay in the city centre and dont walk alone in dark streets you will be safe.

Posted: August 19, 2024
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It's safe in that sense that there are few people who harasses. That means that people leave you alone. It's ok to walk around. It's ok to walk around and I guess it might be easy to talk to people if you're open-minded.

Posted: August 18, 2024
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Marthe

Marthe

I always take the night bus home after a night out, and then walk home by myself with music in my ears and honestly it’s so safe. Never had any issues, so think that can overall tell you Oslo is one of the safest capitals in the world. I did however lose my phone once cos someone pick-pocketed me, and that’s about the only crime.

Posted: August 12, 2024
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Sylvia

Sylvia

It’s so safe that I can take the night bus home and walk from the bus stop to my house without being scared. I can wear my fancy clothes and expensive jewelry out in town without fear. Children take public transportation alone.

Posted: August 10, 2024
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Norway is a very safe country, and for a capital Oslo is very safe too. In general I am not afraid at all when walking around in the city by myself during daytime. After dark I am more careful and there are places where I would avoid walking alone late in the evening or at night. Better keep to places where there are other people or go together with someone, you never know. But in general Oslo is a safe city.

Posted: August 8, 2024
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Overall safe city, but I think there’s areas more prone to crimes. Crimes is more relational (in my knowledge) - ex. gangs or domestic violence/parties. Bystanders dont really ‘help’/interfere usually

Posted: July 27, 2024
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Overall very safe for a capital city. Pocket theft is a bit of an issue on public transport near city center, bike theft a major issue. Very little violent street crime, and when it occurs mostly among criminal groups or in connection with drug dealing. Would avoid area around Vaterland at late night, and exercise caution in the intersection Storgata/Brugata due to drug issue.

Posted: July 16, 2024
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One of the safest city you can travel to. Oslo is easy to navigate. You can explore and see most of the attractions by foot. English language is widely used, the public transportation is excellent, and the city is clean.

Posted: July 16, 2024
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Is Oslo safe to travel?

4.7 /5

Based on 21 experiences

Georgia

Georgia

United Kingdom

Solo travel

I felt very safe during my time in Oslo, even though it was only a night! People were friendly. The transport and food is expensive, but there’s enough to see in the city for an evening. I enjoyed my time there and would recommend to other solo female travellers

Posted: July 30, 2024
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Dottie

Dottie

United States

Solo travel

Oslo is a lovely, clean city. People were very friendly and the city is very safe. There are lots of museums and art galleries. The public transportation is very easy to navigate. There are many parks and restaurants. I did a walking food tasting tour (from Viator) to learn more about the local foods and history. The city is very walkable and it wasn't difficult to find people who spoke English. I stayed at an Airbnb apartment near a train station, walking distance to the dock where I was taking a cruise. Since I used public transport and travel light enough to carry my stuff, I never needed a taxi or ride share service.

Posted: July 30, 2024Experienced: June, 2024
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Is Oslo worth visiting?

Overall rating

4.2 /5

based on 21 experiences

Solo travel

sharing from the local: Nature stuff: - Maybe take the ferry to one of the islands, maybe Hovedøya. You take the boat with a normal bus ticket. - If you have the time, go to bogstad gård. I would say it’s the prettiest lake in Oslo, you can swim there, walk around and have a kanelsnurr - You should really stop by botanisk hage! It’s close to city center and really pretty! - The kings castle have a really pretty park! Culture stuff: - I would really recommend the national gallery! It’s new and kinda different I would say to other museums! I go there maybe twice a week myself. It’s so peaceful and astonishing at the same time. - You can have a tour in the kings castle, it’s interesting I think! Foods and drinks!: For coffee the cafe “Time Wendelboe” is world class! But there’s a lot of coffee places that are good, Norwegians love their coffee.. I really like the Italian food at Baltazar ristorante! The best Chinese food is probably Szechuan Chengdu by Grunerløkka. There’s a bunch of god sushi places just don’t eat at Sabrura❌ it sucks. I would also stay away from Egon! For Norwegian food i like Fiskeriet on Youngstorget, they got fish mostly! Here’s a link to all the best Norwegian restaurants but it’s written in Norwegian:/ https://www.visitoslo.com/no/artikler/norske-restauranter/ Shopping: - For vintage shopping, grunerløkka have some good stores like good vibes vintage, Robot, Frøken Dianas salonger and velouria vintage. - For classic shopping i would recommend Svean on Frogner, they get a lot of Scandinavian clothing. - Dapper on Grunerløkka, they mostly have menswear but a lot of it I would say is unisex. - Ganni postmodern and Acne archive also on grunerløkka! Mostly women’s fashion. It’s really cool! - - Valkyrien is a shopping mall on majorstua with stores like Other stories and Moniker, both cool stores one with mostly women’s clothing and the other a sports store. + a bunch of other stores. - Steen og strøm in Karl Johan is cool, more brands that are well known, four floors of different things. - Paleet is a shopping mall in Karl Johan as well closer to the kings castle. They have a really good clothing store on the second floor!

Posted: August 1, 2024Experienced: June, 2024
Things to do: 3/5Food: 3/5Budget-friendly: 5/5Safety: 4/5
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Solo travel

This is an amazing city! The nightlife is great, the public transport is great and amazing parks! Also nice to walk by the sea. I would recommend checking out frognerparken and Aker brygge. Truly recommend

Posted: June 4, 2024
Things to do: 5/5Food: 4/5Budget-friendly: 4/5Safety: 5/5
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Lisa

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