Is Boston Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Group travel

Beautiful clean city with not too much to do. Coming from New York everything closes early unless you’re into sports bars… which not my thing personally. Many great restaurants and views, and many shows that go on.

Solo travel

I come here to visit my friend who recently moved here for a new job. Sometimes, when she is at work, I like to walk around the city by myself. I always feel very safe and I have a wonderful time. When I go out with her and her roommates for karaoke and drinks, we always have a blast.

Solo travel

I had a great time in Boston, USA. I spent about a week there before I moved on and on and visited some relatives nearby. Boston was still pretty snowy. The greenaway was nice with public art but not well shovelled. I really liked the free viewing point " Observation Deck at Independence Wharf". The parks and public transport were quite nice too. The galleries had a free entry evening at the time and lovely art. The park by the galleries "Fan Pier Park", the waterfront by MIT Richard J. Resch...

Solo travel

Visited in the summer, the T (trains) were pretty regular and not as delayed as NYC trains (max 15 min delay one time in my 3 month internship). Harvard yard, Boston Commons, all the trails are lovely. I traveled around at most hours of the day and it was relatively quiet/calm the entire time. If I had extra time I'd love to check out Salem!

Solo travel

I went there to few days to commemorate my birthday. I did couch surfing at the moment. Was in 2015. Was really nice the experience. I really recommend! The weather wasn’t the best one, but if you have good clothes can be fine.

Solo travel

My experience was amazing in Boston, I spent there two nights It’s very safe and people are friendly, it’s a little bit expensive in food and activities but there’s lot of public places that you can visit and enjoy for free I had the best seafood there, many parks around and amazing clubs

Solo travel

I found that Boston was a very clean city. It was bustling with students, and there was lots of great music. I did not stay long as I was just passing through on a solo road trip however, I do feel as if I could live there! Very lovely architecture and I didn’t find the driving too bad.

Solo travel

I went alone about a month ago, and the people were very nice and friendly. It was one of the easiest cities to tour solo. I spent 3 days eating and drinking.

Solo travel

You should go down the Freedom Trail, it will guide you through the city and past many historical sites. There are pleasant shops on Newbury St., some of them are a bit expensive, but it's a great neighborhood with a good selection of restaurants. Select Oyster Bar is a great place with a nice bar for eating alone. Boston is my favorite city, I've always found public transportation to be safe and easy to understand.

Other than “methadone mile” and some spots in Dorchester, relatively safe city! Been out at night and haven’t had any troubles. Sometimes the mbta stations may have characters but better to not stick around those crowds

there is a large homeless population and a drug crisis rn. the police doesn’t do much. i’m not saying you are getting mugged as soon as you leave the house, but staying alert and holding your phone tight is important. DO NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH CRAZY PEOPLE

Really safe during the day, usually safe at night, but would travel in groups of 2 or more on quieter nights when it’s not busy and there’s not as many people around. There’s some homeless men around that may try to talk to you, but in my experience, they’re not aggressive

Its a cute quaint city. Its generally very safe except for some parts in dorchester but even then it’s still 90% safer than other countries. Places like downtown has lots of homeless people. Back bay, south bay, fenway, brookline are the best places to stay

Boston is one of most populated cities on the east coast of America. Yet, it is one of the only places where I have felt safe for such a populous city. There are many students and young adults around and everyone tends to stick to themselves. The public transportation system here also always has workers sprawling and ready to help in case something were to happen, which is unlikely.

Generally pretty safe! Pickpocketing I noticed doesn’t really happen, public transit is generally fine. In general I’d say to just use your intuition and discretion and you’ll be ok. At night time, I’d say if you want to go out, to go with a group of friends and you’ll be totally fine