Is Portugal Safe for Women? Crime in Portugal
Safety index
The safety level in Portugal is considered high, with an overall safety index of 4.3 out of 5.
Crime index
The crime rate in Portugal is considered low, with an overall crime index of 1.8 out of 5.
Violence index
On average 2.5% percentage of women in Portugal 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 69 reviews
Safety index: | 4.3/5 | Safe | |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.9/5 | Safe | |
Safety using public transport: | 4.7/5 | Very Safe | |
Crime index: | 1.8/5 | Low | |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.5/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.5/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.5/5 | Not at all worried | |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.8/5 | A Bit Worried | |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
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How safe is Portugal for women?
Marta
Aveiro
The city of Aveiro is super calm and peaceful! It's called the Portuguese Venice due to the existing canals. There's no crime at all, and even at night, it's super safe. It has a good climate and good food! The existing public transportation is good.
Posted: September 8, 2024Aveiro
Extremely safe city for solo female travelers and travels in general. Laid back but very helpful people that would step in should there be a need for it and will provide general info. Very low crime rate.
Posted: September 1, 2024Lisbon
Lisbon is a very safe place to stay. Pratically no problem at any time of the day. The only danger is with petty offenses like pickpocketing. Is a tourist destination so I recommend keeping a close eye on your belongings.
Posted: August 24, 2024Braga
It used to be safer in the past. Walking alone at night is not advisable if outside the city center or in low-lit areas. Usually women do not walk alone at night, so this might also help explain my feedback. I don’t believe anything serious would happen, but I wouldn’t feel safe going out at night alone for example
Posted: August 22, 2024
Giulia
Lagos
Lagos, Portugal is a pretty safe place during the day you must keep an eye on yourself and try to behave and not to mess around. During the evening I’d say you should be careful especially if you are traveling by your own
Posted: August 13, 2024
Constança
Lisbon
I lived in Lisbon since I was born and I always walk home alone at night. Never felt like I was in danger! Even in the night life center like Bairro Alto some drunk people might try to talk to you but they never do anything and there are pleny people around that will interrupt ah make sure that you are safe.
Posted: August 13, 2024
Mariana
Costa da Caparica
It’s a super safe and chill place, lots of locals and surfers. There’s always people around in summertime and in winter is even more chill. People are very nice and will be open to helping anyone. Never had any issues there :)
Posted: August 12, 2024Porto
I never had really bad experiences but I know they exist and it’s always good to keep an eye There are so sketchy people and some robbery but I’d say it’s mostly at night Try to always be aware and be with company
Posted: August 8, 2024Lisbon
Lisbon is one of the safest place I've been to. People tend to mind their own business but are very kind. I would avoid areas that are crowed by men, like Martim Moniz. Other than that I feel very comfortable and safe here.
Posted: August 4, 2024Penafiel
Penafiel is a very small and safe city overall. Like some other places, there are minor crimes, but nothing to be super worried about. If you travel alone, it's a good place to explore with very friendly people ready to help
Posted: August 2, 2024Is Portugal safe to travel?
Based on 43 experiences
Lisbon, Solo travel
Lisbon is a very safe city. I felt comfortable solo traveling as a female and navigating the city at all hours of the day. I did not run into any issues and found the people to be very kind. The transportation system is fairly good and it was easy to navigate the city.
Posted: August 31, 2024Experienced: August, 2024Tavira, Solo travel
Tavira is a beautiful town near to Faro, have great beaches and good food. The castle is a nice place to visit the city is safety and quiet wich is good if you are looking to recover after long walks.
Posted: August 30, 2024Experienced: July, 2024Is Portugal worth visiting?
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Nazare, Solo travel
I felt extremely save in nazare! I stayed a few days end of may there weren‘t too many tourists. The Beaches are great but I did not really feel comfortable going swimming on my on as the waves can be really big :).
Posted: September 3, 2024Algarve, Solo travel
Lagos is a beautiful and great town at the Algarve in Portgal. I felt save and very welcome. My stay was at a Airbnb with a warm and friendly host. We had good conversations. At the market hall I met friendly and helpful locals. There was always time for a talk and explanation about their products and the area around. I did a round tour by food of Lagos. The travel guide was a local. He told me many interesting things about history, locals and local food, fish etc. I really recommend Lagos
Posted: September 2, 2024Experienced: April, 2024Meet locals in Portugal
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I’m a Portuguese 27 years old girl, I live in Lisbon, work in a tech startup and finally got the chance to start traveling around the world for meaningful trips 🤩 My goal is to visit interesting countries with history and culture, meeting locals and understand more about their habits and traditions 🌍 I’m passionate about discovering new restaurants in town and dancing a lot of styles 💃🏻 I’m here because it’s not possible to always have a group of friends that want to travel to the same place and for the same amount of weeks with me so I need to do it by myself 🙌🏻 I would love to connect new girlies that are brave to discover the world by their own 🥰
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