Is Poland Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Poland
Safety rating
Women living in Poland consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.4 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Poland consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 1.8 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 9.7% percentage of women in Poland 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 483 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.4/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.9/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.6/5 | Very Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.8/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.9/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.7/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.6/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Poland?
Kornelia
Poznan
Poznan, as most of Poland, is very safe. I am a woman and I walk / take public transport by myself regularly and I do not feel frightened. There might be some drunk person here and there but just ignore them and you should be fine.
Posted: April 10, 2025Rzeszow
I think Rzeszow is a small town in Poland and people here are nice. They won't make you feel anxious etc. If you ask me Rzeszow is a very safe town. The locals are friendly and I've felt welcomed since I came here. Recommended 👍👍❤️
Posted: April 9, 2025Wroclaw
It’s good for girls, guys usually don’t bother you. There is not so much immigrants, also Polish people are so nice and helpful, but sometimes older people can’t understand you in English. But everyone are always kind :)
Posted: April 6, 2025
Joanna
Krakow
The most safe big city in one of the most safe European country! Almost zero illigal imigrants so no one is annonymous. People behave well, huge social awarness. People keen to help and there are many mobile apps to help you with public transport, finding cool places and local attractions.
Posted: April 5, 2025gmina Sobolew
They have a police station in area. There is none of dangerous or people who want to hurt you on purpose. Only sometimes drunk homeless can show up, but even then he will be telling you a better complements than your boyfriend
Posted: April 4, 2025Poland
Mid-aged men are really creepy and sometimes they approach you without your permission but other than that I don't feel that safe, over than as l can see in traditional societies tend to show violence.
Posted: April 4, 2025Wroclaw
In my opinion, Wrocław is a generally safe city. Of course, as everywhere, there are neighbourhoods more or less safe, more and less crowded spots, but from my own experience I can say that if you are prudent and reasonable, you don't go to suspicious places at night, it's perfectly okay. There could be sometimes at night loud or strange people, who might seem to be dangerous, but if you keep distance and don’t interact, everything will be okay.
Posted: April 3, 2025Lublin
Lublin is very safe, most of the residents are students and elderly people, most of the accidents are car collisions. I often go out at night and I am not afraid of safety. You have to be careful like everywhere but that's all
Posted: April 3, 2025Krakow
I live in Cracow for 4 years now and nothing happened to me and to any of my friends. Many times I have been coming back home at night from city centre and I always felt safe. In the city centre at night there is a lot of drunken people, because there is a lot of bars and pubs, but they’re just laud. It’s natural to be careful, but in general there is not a lot of issues there.
Posted: April 2, 2025Krakow
Krakow is really safe, I born here and I never have been afraid for my safety.I never heard of anyone close to me get robbed or mugged also it never happened to me so I think you don’t have to worry about safe when you coming to krakow ;*
Posted: April 2, 2025Is Poland worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 169 experiences from female travelers
Krakow, Group travel
It was really safe as two women with my friend. We really liked how people minded their own business the whole time lol. You can see ancient places, if you like museums a lot(especially aviation) I recommend you to go see Kraków. We went there by train from Rzeszów for just 20 zł as students! Highly recommend!!!!!
Posted: April 10, 2025Experienced: March, 2025Poland, Solo travel
The one of most safe places and people are very friendly! Very beautiful old cities. Food is tasty especially pierogi and barsc. Highly recommend to visit Morskie Oko and Zakopane! I think that the best time to come to Poland if late spring or early autumn.
Posted: April 6, 2025Experienced: April, 2025Meet locals in Poland
Kornelia
About Me
Hi I’m Kornelia and I’m 28 years old. I am open to new experiences just name it! (both while hosting and being hosted) I am pretty active (regularly working out) so I’m open to active adventures . While I like to take care of myself (healthy food, exercise etc) I enjoy a night out just as much :) I was born and raised in Italy and when I finished high school I moved to Poland and I am currently living here.
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Julia
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Helllooo im Julia from Łódź, Poland. Im a reggeaton dancer, i love to cook and eat (please lets cook together 🫱🏻🫲🏼). I am into photography, sometimes im a model but mostly a photographer (just as a hobby) I have a dog, so i am a huge pet lover. Im currently learning Spanish and bit of Portuguese, these are also one of my dream destinations. My dream is living by the sea or ocean. When I was a kid I wanted to be lilo from lilo and stich, dance hula and surf (I still do). See u 🌙
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