Is Malmo Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Malmo

Malmö is a town with a lot of diversity where you can find everything, good neighborhoods and less good but overall I have never felt unsafe walking around alone in the central part of town. Malmö may have a reputation of being full of crime but it really only affects(99% of the time) those who are already involved in that way of life

As every town, Malmö has different areas varying in safety matters. Areas like Rosengård, Sofielund, Persborg or Hindby are definitely not worthy a visit specially as a young female traveller. Nevertheless other areas are completely safe at night and a woman risks nothing going there

It is complicated. Malmö is dangerous if you walk alone at night in certain areas, but then very safe during the day in other areas. I usually just watch my back from time to time and share my location with a loved one. Some people say it is quite safe, some others say it is not safe at all. It all depends on personal experience I suppose, but having lived here for 6 years up until writing this review, I would say there are safer places to travel to in Sweden (smaller towns). However, you can not miss visiting Malmö either ways, because it is a beautiful city and the people are generally nice :)

Malmo is safe as far as I know nad live.. Although I don't prefer to go alone after dark hours outside. This is what I always follow to keep myself safe and protect from any unwanted mishaps. Its always netter to have prevention.

Malmö used to have higher rates of crimes a few years ago, but has calmed down now. As long as you don't visit certain neighbourhoods at night, you'll be completely fine. Those neighbourhoods tend to be Rosengård, Lindängen, Persborg etc.

I’d say that overall it’s pretty safe. Of course there are areas where it may be necessary to be more careful. In those suburbs it’s safer to not be at out at night, although during the day it doesn’t seem to be unsafe. Otherwise my experience in the past years has been quite positive.

Safe in the city centre as well as outside of it. As long as you are not a part of a criminal gang you should definetly be fine. Be critical to what you hear from people that actually do not live in Malmö.

Overall, there’s a lot of nice people, but of course there’s always a risk of meeting someone bad. But if you stick together with other people you almost never have to worry! Some places are worse then others, but in the central places you feel safe

It’s in Sweden, which is safe country for everyone in overall. Malmö considered to be one of the dangerous cities in Sweden, but for me, here’s a lot of students, young people. If to be careful, then it’s absolutely no problem to stay safe!

Solo travel

The City of Malmo relatively safe, quite expensive so not a safe option for a low budget trip, I am from the tropics so I didn't like the Spring weather, however I loved the Spring bloom, I stayed at the Clarion live hotel, a walking distance from the Central Train Station, highly recommended. Spectacular view of the city from the rooftop

Solo travel

I didn't fall in love with this city, this might have been due to the season in which I was there (November), but the place seemed quite empty and expensive to me. I only spent one day there (arriving by train from Copenhagen) and I felt safe all the time.