Is Haifa safe for solo female travelers?

Haifa, as one of Israel's largest cities, is quite safe for solo female travelers, with a low crime rate and generally friendly locals. The city has a comprehensive public safety system. However, standard precautions should be taken, especially during night hours or when travelling to unknown areas.

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How safe is Haifa for female travelers?

How safe is Haifa for women?

Local safety index

3.5 /5

Based on 5 local experiences

Local crime index

1.3 /5

Based on 5 local experiences

Sophie

Sophie

I feel pretty safe in Haifa, but it depends on the area. Hadar is best avoided at night, but higher up on the mountain it's completely safe. there is a mixed population here, but mostly it is nice and quiet

Posted: May 15, 2025
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Elisheva

The only threat could possibly come from members of terrorist organisations from Lebanon or Syria; locals are all super nice and friendly. There are zero problems walking the city at night, especially in the center. It's the most multicultural city in Israel, that has Ashkenazi, Sefardi and Mizrahi Jews living side by side with Muslim and Christian Arabs, Russians, European and Ethiopians, almost everyone is super nice to visitors and each other. The rockets also usually don't reach here so that's also a plus.

Posted: January 6, 2025
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Anna

Anna

Haifa is a very safe city. You can travel alone at night, the places to hang out is central and close to public transportation and students live there. The industrial zone is out of town. You can safely walk home at night. There is only one area preferd to avoid at night, and still it safe there. Just not pleasant. Man are not harrasing woman. There is not kidnapping. You don't have refugees inside the city.

Posted: January 4, 2025
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Depends on the district obviously, but even the areas that are more prone to crime are usually about internal beef of people living there and not attacking unrelated persons. All the upper areas seem completely safe to me, never been catcalled or felt unsafe walking alone even in the middle of the night.

Posted: September 9, 2024
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Nitzan

Nitzan

I think that Haifa is relatively a safe place, maybe some area require more alertness, but I've walked around a lot in the dark myself. Some areas in downtown are perhaps a bit more tricky and I would avoid...

Posted: June 19, 2024
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