Crime in Vienna, Austria

Hi, i am Bruce, originally from Boston, USA.

I am living in Vienna for over 3 years, and feel so much safer than living in the States.

A few times a year i visit my home country and am always happy to be back in safe Austria.

Been living in vVsienna for several years but I have never seen what is happening now - steady increase in gang violence and knife attacks over past few months. Most disturbingly rape and child abuse cases are quite often reported by media. Ive been personally followed / shouted at when I was with my child (I'm white but my kid is mixed race, maybe that played a role). I had to deal with drunks, people carrying empty glass bottles on metro etc all in broad daylight... A lot more people on both sides of camp (both immigrants with questionable background and neo-nazis) are on the edge probably due to higher economical pressures.

I am a woman, 57 years old, have been living in Vienna for most of my life. I have lived in the US for a total of 5 years.
Often I go for a long walk at night in Vienna, around 9pm, almost daily. It's a safe place here. Yes, I avoid parks, but that's about it. It's safe and it's a great place to live.
Yes, there are idiots out there and yes, stupid things can potentially happen like they can happen anywhere.
On the other hand I also lived in a big city in Florida where we forgot to close the garage door quite often. Nothing ever happened. But even with a closed garage door the windows and doors in the US (and I saw 20 states) are so much easier to break into than in Austria and Germany. Quite interesting to see. No wonder they break in less in Vienna - it's much harder to do!
Anyway, back to Vienna. Love it here. Being aware of bad guys is always a good idea, no matter where you are.

Vienna is a very safe city.

You don't have to avoid any districts due to security problems, because even the most dangerous corners of Vienna are not as dangerous as Berlin, Cologne, etc.