Is Peru Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Peru
Safety rating
Women living in Peru consider the safety level to be moderate, with an overall safety rating of 2.9 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Peru consider the crime rate to be moderate, with an overall crime rating of 2.8 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 11.4% percentage of women in Peru 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 31 experiences
Safety rating: | 2.9/5 | Moderate |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 2.2/5 | Unsafe |
Safety using public transport: | 3.1/5 | Moderate |
Crime rate: | 2.8/5 | Moderate |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 3.1/5 | Moderate |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 2.9/5 | Moderate |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 2.3/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 2.2/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 3/5 | Moderate |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 2.4/5 | A bit worried |
How safe is Peru?
Peru
It depends, on known district like miraflores, barranco, san borja, san isidro, are safe enough, i can walk at night, just walking fast, never alone. But its 3/5 safe for me. Not much to worry about. Be safe.
Posted: April 15, 2025Lima
Lima, Peru is suffering from many extortions, so if you are coming specifically to Lima, I recommend NOT using public transportation and avoiding the districts: Callao, Los Olivos, Comas, San Juan de Lurigancho, and Cercado de Lima.
Posted: April 13, 2025
Jenni
Lima
Lima is not the safest place , you have to know which parts of Lima you can walk around for example Miraflores, barranco, san isidro, and historical center are the safest. if you are aware of this you would find your self having a good time and not feeling scare.
Posted: March 4, 2025
Nikol
Department of Lima
In some places or districtis could be a little bit more dangerous than the centric ones like Miraflores, Barranco or Jiron de la Union, the main kind of trasport like train, Metropolitano and corredores are regulary safe in the stations and clean. There are some points out of the centric ones but its so easy to come back to your secure point.
Posted: February 27, 2025Lima
The safest districts in Lima are Miraflores, San Isidro, Part of Barranco and San Borja. If you want to take transport, it is better to only Uber or Cabify. Please do not show your mobile phone in the streets.
Posted: February 21, 2025Is Peru worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 83 experiences from female travelers
Luisa
Colombia
Lima, Solo travel
It was my first time in Lima, and I can say I totally recommend it. On my first day in Lima I went to Plaza las Armas there was a lot of shops to buy anything you need on an affordable price, the main square is very cozy and chill you can walk around easily it connects to another smaller square around 3 or 4 blocks away. The coast of the city is absolutely beautiful and well maintained, there's a lot of parks with different tematics, I was mostly exploring Miraflores which is one of the most popular neighborhoods in there, I felt safe all the time, I walked around the beach and saw people surfing (there were surfing academies a long it), hotels and a lot of activities you can do, also went to the local market all with a guider from a place called Huarikebike, on this one you can visit those place around the neighborhood on bicycle while learning about the history of the city, also eat some of the local food which is 100% delicious the place is called Maraparte. I stayed near the Arena 1 (I went to a concert there) and the Malecones where the Panamerican youth games happened, I stayed in a room at an Airbnb 10 minutes away, with a lovely family the host name was Flor. The general price of the city is cheap to average and it's mostly safe, of course it's always better to be careful around it, as the locals recommended me there were some parts of the city on which is better to take an InDrive to move around, it's cheap and easy to use. I'm hoping to go there one day again, there was so much left to see.
Posted: May 27, 2025Experienced: April, 2025Meet locals in Peru
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