Is Istanbul Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Istanbul

You can trust people in Istanbul because they would always try to help you to find your way around. And everyone is really friendly. I think you should not be worring about your safety because the level of being unsafe is almost the same with all European countries. Don't worry, just enjoy this beautiful city.

İstanbul is a safe country. This is happens in most countries probably, I'm not feeling safe at nights. But in the morning I'm not disturbed from men or women so I can say most of the districts are safe.

Istanbul is a big city, there’s places u should stay away like Esenler, Bağcılar, Ümraniye and Fatih. I can’t say there’s always dangerous but after night it’s totally more dangerous to visit. Of course it can depends but I wouldn’t travel there if I was solo.

Depending on the neighbourhood you are in, it can be the safest or the most dangerous place. Zones around the central İstanbul tend to be safe. Avoid Tarlabaşı and Kuştepe (I don’t think you’d have those in your list as a tourist, but still). Some men can ask you to go climb Galata tower together in Taksim. Disgusting. I’d advise avoiding side streets after dark and traveling low.

Safety of istanbul can change according to region. You need to know places before trip. Mostly touristic places includes less danger. Public transportation is safe and mostly crowded. You need to use online apps to take taxi. Sometimes taxi drivers can be angry and you can afraid of them

it's not the safest metropolis compared to others but if you stay in touristic places and watch out for pick pockets you'll be okay. The majority of local people are really friendly and eager to help.

Solo travel

Features everything you could ever want to vist, good food, nice buildings, good transport. Problem, I didn't feel very safe. People there try to profit off the fact that youre not from around. But otherwise nice. Bring water

Solo travel

Safe place for solo travelers. However, the taxi guys are ruthless if they see you are traveling alone as a woman or with a female friend. The biggest turn off was that taxi drivers dropped me off me and my friend in some place that we didn't ask to be dropped off. And when we asked them to take us to our actual destination, one of the drivers got aggressive and opened the door asking us to get out. We wanted to visit the Haggia Sophia instead we ended up in a different mosque in a strange part of the city. Trying to find our way back same and the issue occurred. We got dropped off at a bridge that had no sidewalk for pedestrians and had to walk on the shoulder of the road. After this experience, we decided to only explore places we could reach by foot.