Is Bucharest Safe for Women? Crime in Bucharest

Very safe, clean city with lots of possibilities related to publoc transport. Everybody knows english so the language barrier is not a concern and people are usually very helpful when you ask for stuff.

I don't think it is the safest city but as long as you won't take the yellow taxi and you watch your bag carefully, nothing bad will happen. There are drunk people and bad ones but it depends on everyone experience. I feel safe most of times living here.

I think Bucharest safety improved a lot in the last 15 years. Bad things may happen anywhere but I wouldn’t say it’s a normal daily occurrence in Bucharest. As a woman I feel pretty safe, or at least safer than I felt 10 years ago. I would recommend anyone to take the normal safety precautions while travelling - just take an Uber at night, don’t keep your phone in the back pocket etc. It’s always better to be safe than sorry 😁

one of the safest cities, at any time of the day or night public transport, subway, train station or streets, all are safe. people quite open to communicate, never aggressive bars or clubs as well, everyone is having fun but without causing harm to someone

Bucharest is a warm and safe place. Unfortunately, there are a lot of homeless people, but they are harmless. It’s a vibrant city and the locals are very friendly and willing to help. No need to worry about safety.

Bucharest is usually safe but be careful with Ferentari area or Bucur Obor /Eminescu Night life is pretty awesome! Has a lot of nice arhitecture and a lot of nice restaurant to go. Definitely visit "Casa Poporului"

Bucharest it’s a nice city if you know what part to avoid (Rahova, Ferentari). Most of the people speak english or at least they can understand so it’s not that hard to communicate with the locals in case that you need help.

Even though it's an East European country, Bucharest has evolved a lot - we have police on the streets, we have cameras etc. People know it's not easy and that they won't get unpunished of they do bad things to other people. Plus, we're not THAT evolved so we don't have a lot of immigrants, we don't have high rates of criminality or infractions and we definitely don't transform into animals when we drink publicly.

Bucharest is quite a safe city. In 10 years since i moved here i never experienced any incidents. You should take just the same precautions like in any other country in Europe.You should be a little bit alert for pickpocketers. Overall I think is a safe city for solo women travelers.

Bucharest is a fairly safe city. As a local, I know how the city is at night too and I never had problems, even when I went to get an Uber or take the subway/bus after I left work during winter or clubs in the middle of the night. Some incidents (such as sexual harassment, for example) happened to me mostly during daytime, not at night so yeah. However, if you're a tourist I would recommend keeping your belongings close. The city isn't known for petty theft or pickpocketing, but you never know.

Solo travel

Bucharest is mostly safe for women, except the verbal harassment and cat calling can be annoying. Please use ubers instead of the yellow taxis, as those latter ones will try to trick foreigners into spending much more than they have to - sometimes even 10x more. Food is great, diverse and cheap. Everything is open until very late. Public transportation is subpar but there are plenty of ubers.

Solo travel

The hostel i stayed at next to the train station really sucked, it was dirty and smelly with bugs, the dust hadnt been cleaned in forever and the area sucked, it was filled with creeps. The train station isnt the cleanest either. However Calea Victoriei was amazing, beautiful and really safe, filled with nice restaurants with good food and boutiques. it was a very touristy but pretty area. The national art museum is really awesome and cheap too. it has paintings from 1700-2000 featuring french, italian, romanian, spanish artists. It is huge. I also visited the Historic museum which has a replica of The Colosseum and toys and journals from the communist era which was very entertaining to see.

Solo travel

Hello, My first visit to Bucharest and I am delighted by what I see. A mix of old and modern, sometimes a bit confusing, but very pleasant to look at. I plan to come back to Romania to visit Transylvania. Fatma

Solo travel

I was alone in Bucharest last year and I really enjoyed it there. I walked around a lot on my own, there is a lot to see and do. Plenty of great food and drinks. There is a huge, beautiful cemetery (Cimitirul Bellu) where I walked around for hours, and also Cismigiu park is really beautiful. I went on a one-day trip to Transylvania, which was a bit tacky, but overall it was a great day.