Women living in Zurich consider the safety level to be very high, with an overall safety rating of 4.6 out of 5.
Women living in Zurich consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 1.6 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 79 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.6/5 | Very Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 4.1/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.6/5 | Very Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.6/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.1/5 | 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 |
Yanusha
It‘s very clean and there are not many homeless people or drug addicts. Everywhere you go, there are policemen. There is minor crime, but mostly just drugdeals or soccer related fights. I would consider Zurich as a safe city🔒
Posted: June 6, 2025Zürich is overall a very safe city. Even at night it does not feel dangerous anymore. There are streets like Langstrasse for example, which used to be dangerous but they aren’t as much of a problem anymore. Most of the times police will be driving/ walking around as well.
Posted: June 4, 2025I think Zürich is pretty safe, of course it's still a "big" city so for women we always have to be a bit careful but in general it is quite safe. I would not recommend you to go to Langstrasse alone at night (during the day it's ok).
Posted: June 1, 2025I have always felt very safe and haven’t experienced any scary problems even coming home alone late at night. The public transport and night trains/busses are very safe with security workers patrolling it too.
Posted: June 1, 2025Aurora
Zürich is a very safe city, I never felt unsafe while walking alone, even at night, for sure you need to be cautious, but I never experienced any assault here. Some drunk people could hang out near the train station at night, but that’s it
Posted: May 28, 2025Generally Zurich is extremely safe. Of course there are places where you might prefer to not walk around at night alone as a women (certain places around the main train station, also Langstrasse) but even there it is very unlikely that something serious happens. If, then it should most probably only be someone strange that tries to talk to you, but normally it should not be too hard to escape the conversation. If something strange happens, try to get help from Swiss people, even though they are reserved, they are very friendly and will most probably help you to feel safe and not alone.
Posted: May 7, 2025based on 15 experiences from female travelers
Rümeysa
Italy
I took a day trip to Zurich from Milan. I think one or two days is totally enough for Zurich. People were really kind and there is no chance that feeling of any danger. It is so expensive city ( even we did not stayed at there) to compare other european cities. I liked the vibes of beer saloons, you can eat and drink your beers.
Posted: May 28, 2025I felt safe, but everything was really expensive and quite out of my reach. I liked the city even if it rained a little, and liked the people I met there. The only problem is that there is not much nightlife.
Posted: May 12, 2025Experienced: March, 2021