Women living in Geneva consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.4 out of 5.
Women living in Geneva consider the crime rate to be very low, with an overall crime rating of 1.2 out of 5.
On average 14.1% percentage of women in Switzerland have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
Based on 23 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.4/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 4/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.5/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.2/5 | Very Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.5/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Quite safe, haven't experienced incidents that have made me unsafe. I would avoid Grottes (drug peddlers), Paquis(red light area) and the area around the station at night if you're alone, it's a bit shady.
Posted: March 19, 2025Alexandra
Geneva is one of the safest cities I’ve ever been to. I saw homeless people maybe twice for 6 months. I felt completely safe when I had to travel during the night time from the train station to my house.
Posted: March 12, 2025Geneva Is safe but it’s a bigger city and Switzerland and it’s touristic so must be careful with valuable things if you have a lot of money Just to be careful when you are a women and it’s the middle of the night
Posted: February 8, 2025Fanny
To me Geneva is very safe, but as a lady I always look out at night but definitely not more than somewhere else! There are some places such as the main train station where I don’t like to be alone at night, but for the most I feel very safe.
Posted: February 2, 2025I am quite new here and still getting to know the city. But if I need to be out in the dark in any part of the city, I have not and will likely never think twice. Truly lives to its name of International Geneva.
Posted: January 18, 2025Geneva is very safe, there are parts of the town that are safer but it's generally very safe. It's a bit more dangerous around the train station and when we get closer to Annemasse (France) too. We often see the police even at night. The public transport does not work between 2 and 4 A.M.
Posted: January 17, 2025Geneva is a city where safety is a constant. Even walking home late at night through areas some might consider “sketchy,” I’ve never felt harassed, threatened, or worried about theft. It’s truly reassuring.
Posted: December 30, 2024Geneva is a city where it's nice to live. You can walk by yourself at anytime. Of course if you are close to the main train station by night and alone, you can see people which can make you unconfortable, but there is always someone in the near to feel you safe (security guard, police or just locals)
Posted: December 29, 2024Tanya
Honestly Geneva is a very rich and safe Area, cameras everywhere and you can't go out without seeing once the police, but shit happens everywhere all the time so we gotta always be careful. Although yes it's pretty safe
Posted: December 24, 2024Geneva is a very safe city. I have never felt in danger. The police often patrol and it is not a very big city. You have nothing to fear. Afterwards, as everywhere on public transport, you have to be careful with your valuables, because there may be thefts, but I have always grown up here and it has never happened to me.
Posted: December 24, 2024based on 11 experiences from female travelers
Tip stay in france at the border. Annemasse is pretty close to geneva by tram and also by train. We used the tram. Restaurents and supermarkets are much cheaper. I love the botanical garden at geneva.
Posted: June 14, 2024Amal
Egypt
Genava is my Hub, as far as I'm using easyjet (whuch is the cheapest one to fly from Egypt. I used to fly to GVA since August 1999 and I stayed there for the last 7 years as a UN accredited correspondant for Al-Ahram daily news paper. I have many friends there and I used to stay in their houses before heading to my destination in Europe.
Posted: June 7, 2024Experienced: March, 2024Diana
Single, animals lover, psychologist, extrovert, stubborn
Célia
Life is a mystery, an experience to be lived, an adventure not to be missed. I consider myself as a quite curious and adventurous person. Always learning.