Women living in Lausanne consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.3 out of 5.
Women living in Lausanne consider the crime rate to be very low, with an overall crime rating of 1.4 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 18 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.3/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.7/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.5/5 | Very Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.4/5 | Very Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.6/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.3/5 | 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 |
Pauline
Lausanne feels safe because you can always ask for help to strangers, you can let your things unwatched or forget them and still be able to find them hours later in public spaces. There are special night buses at night between 00h and 5 am.
Posted: May 28, 2025Anna
It’s pretty safe just some places like riponne and lausanne Flon have some people who take drugs but it’s not that bad (I volunteer at the soup populaire and those people can sometimes distressed but pretty nice most of the time) overall Switzerland is pretty safe compared to a lot of places
Posted: April 23, 2025Louna
Lausanne is a nice place to stay at. Some neighborhoods are a bit less safe than others but Switzerland is pretty much safe compared to other countries so not much to worry about ! Also, walking at night depends the area but I’ve never experienced any problems since I’ve been there.
Posted: April 16, 2025Victoria
Well, I've spent half of a year in Lausanne only. The city is calm. There are beggars in the street only. I've heard from my friends to be careful in public places with your private stuff, because a laptop was stolen from one of them. That's the only thing I knew. I'm not out too late alone & anyway just stay careful wherever I'm because I'm that kind of person.
Posted: April 10, 2025Lausanne is quite safe. You can walk down the street as a woman very safely. People are caring after others so I will never feel alone. You just have to avoid some places but it’s still fine (in front of the train station during the night, or the park)
Posted: February 27, 2025Alicia
Lausanne is a super safe place, Switzerland is but Lausanne in particular. It’s a place for young people and there is a lot of police presence in town so everyone can walk around safely! I’ve lived there for my hole life and I never had even a single incident or a guy come to me in the street.
Posted: February 19, 2025Lausanne is a clean and safe but unnecessarily expensive city. There are a couple museums that are free (or cheap) for people under 25 so it makes up for the cost of living ! I would recommend the Rumine Palace.
Posted: March 11, 2025