Women living in Malmo consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 3.5 out of 5.
Women living in Malmo consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2 out of 5.
On average 13.1% percentage of women in Sweden have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
Based on 14 experiences
Safety rating: | 3.5/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.2/5 | Moderate |
Safety using public transport: | 4.2/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.7/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.5/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
I would say Malmö is quite safe! I would not walk in the "problematic" places but you know... Swedens "not safe" is quite safe if you compare it to other countries♡ The clubs have a lot of men who like to be nere women in my experience, but you can go and take a beer 🍺 instead and feel much safer:) at least if you are alone! If you like to dance, lindy hop or folkdances, you can go to moriskan in folkets park in Malmö:) it is so nice and fun!
Posted: June 15, 2025Malmö is a fairly safe town, some neighbourhood are more on the intense side of violence but overall safer than it use to be. I’m not worried to walk alone or to bike around after dark in most parts of the city. The main thing to be concern about is if you have a bike to have it stolen!
Posted: June 14, 2025My
Every town has crimes but I think overall that Malmo is a town of diversity and safety. I really like to hang around möllan/Folkets park/the city centre/some parks during the day/the library/the beaches
Posted: May 30, 2025Hannah
Despite its sometimes unsafe portayal, I‘ve never felt safer in my life than in Malmö (I‘m originally from Germany). Rarely, there are gang-related incidences but that‘s not just Malmö-specific. So far, I haven‘t felt unsafe at all when walking, biking or commuting during the day or at night-time:)
Posted: January 24, 2025Magdalena
In my opinion this is a very safe place to live and travel, I walk everywhere and I've never felt unsafe. I know there has been some news about unsafe things here but I didn't see it at all. In fact I have this conversation frequently with my friends and we are all agreed 🥰
Posted: January 24, 2025Erica
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
Posted: January 7, 2025The 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
Posted: April 20, 2024I 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.
Posted: December 3, 2022