Is Sacramento safe for solo female travelers?

Sacramento (California’s capital) has safety challenges, especially compared with many U.S. cities — but experiences can vary widely depending on neighborhood and personal habits. Like every other city there’s pros and cons. Sacramento has been safe for me as a person that explorers solo out in the nature.

Exercise normal precautions. Stay where the people are. Do not get too inebriated by alcohol or drugs if you are alone at night. I'd say avoid being alone at night in areas where there are few people around, but that's my rule for any new place that you're not familiar with.

It honestly depends on where in Sacramento you’ll be. West/central Sacramento is pretty dangerous overall, and you’ll typically see weird stuff on the light rails (buses are def better than light rails if you can manage that). North east part is a lot better, but you definitely still get a bit of crime and break ins. I like to have the citizen app so that I know what’s going on in the area. I would recommend not being in downtown at night, or if you are stay to the main roads. And 99% of the time if there’s someone trying to talk to you or anything they’ll stop if you just don’t look at...