Is Krakow Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Krakow

Krakow is very safe place to be. People are nice, you’d hardly ever hear men catcalling, especially throughout day time. You would hardly ever be robbed, let alone mugged. Nevertheless it applies only to the day time. At night I don’t feel safe at all. It’s alright when you are with your male friends, but if you are alone or with your female friends, it can be dangerous as many drunk men are walking, people can try to talk to you and all unpleasant pictures you can imagine. Last time I was going home from the trip at 4 a.m., and was asked by an old man if I wanted to be ripped. Also when I and my female friends were walking around the city at night, more than one group of men or boys would approach us and try to talk to us. But I have never faced such situations in the afternoon/morning.

In my opinion krakow is very safe, i don't have a problem walking alone at night even at 2/3am, people usually mind their own business so they don't bother you, when it comes to tourists i think people are wiling to help and are nice

I think overall Krakow is a very safe city, the only thing I AM worried abt is when I’m going clubbing, but I guess it’s kinda the same thing for every place innych world. Just usual stuff, keep your drink close and be with someone else at the party, when I’m coming home after I’m not scared at all to go back home alone. Sometimes shady stuff can happen, drunk man or smth like that but it’s not usual. I guess it depends on your luck.

It is safe and relax city, no one care about others. Pretty safe. Polish people are good, there are also a lot of tourists, especially in the city centre. But still it is safe. Not sure about far from city center. But there are always expectations

for me, crack is pretty safe because nothing ever happened to me and my friends, but I heard of some stories about not good situations with other people, but that’s how it is in almost every place in the world at least at Poland so you know there are cameras there are all the people and police so you don’t have to worry

Kraków is quite safe but drunk people during the night can be a burden. It is better to stay alert in the public transportation regarding because of the pickpocketing. But overall you can feel safe going around

From the local perspective, I’d say it’s safe. There were many nights where I was going home alone at night after parties and never had any troubles (only drunk guys people might start talking to you). Never got robbed, public transport is very safe (at night also). Overall it’s good to live there as a woman.

Can’t speak for small villages surrounding Cracow but the city itself is fairly safe, at least from my 18 years of experience. Sure there are occasional crazy people screaming random stuff in public and homeless men catcalling but it’s not common. Depends on the hour and part of town but it’s a safe city. Personally, I’ve never felt unsafe other than coming home at dark through a small street. But where’s people- you’re safe. I remember once walking through quarter of the city cause it was so late I’d have to wait half an hour for a tram. I was wary of the cars and listened closely, keys held tightly between my fingers. But the one man who happened to walk in the same direction as I did was being purposefully noisy, trying to let me know he’s not creeping from behind. So maybe I’ve just always been lucky, catcalling being worst that’s happened to me but also no one I know experienced anything worse than that.

Kraków and Poland is really safe place i think we have one of the better level of security in Europe! You don’t really need to take care of your phone or Monney , you can go by night for walking or public transport alone there is no bad feeling and bad situation ;) !

I love Kraków and Poland overall, I've been living here for few years and I feel safe all the time. I work often very late and I was never afraid to go back home by walk. Nothing weird or scacy ever happend to me.

Solo travel

I spent very little money. I flew to Katowice and then took the transportation from the airport to Krakow city where I stayed overnight in a hostel for two nights. I attended a free walking tour that was very interesting and booked the visit in the salt mines, something amazing!

Couple travel

Krakow is a really nice city to do all kinds of stuff from laying on the beach ( you should visit zakrzówek) to going clubbing (just go to the old town there is a lot of pubs and clubs) You should try "obwarzanek" and pierogis. If you have a lot of time you can go to polish Mountain (zakopane) or visit some historical places like aushitz-birkenau.