Crime in Bucharest, Romania

Many lies here.Bucharest is safer than London or Paris definitely.

I have lived in Bucharest since I was born and there are no such problems. The only issues for a tourist might be getting ripped off by a taxi or something like that. For those who have been attacked in clubs, it's about the clubs; with alcohol involved, anything can happen. In terms of safety, during the day it’s around 85 percent, and at night around 70 percent because hypothetically, if someone attacks you and you scream, you’ll wake up the whole neighborhood. If you’re in a park and make some noise, the neighbors will call the police immediately:))

@Anynymous,Total Bs.Bucharest is a very safe city.

Alex pls stfu.Corruption is horrible.But your just too dumd to get through your thin skull :)

Amazing place!If it were to be less corrupt it would be absolutely flawless.

Someone wants to compare Romania and Hungary, so I will say definitely: Bucharest is much safer than hungarian Budapest. Budapest (and other cities in Hungary overall) is overrated and full of beggars, pickpocketers and shady plaes.

Bucharest and Romania is not so popular, but is good developing and people are very nice. It is really safe there and much, much better experience. Love Romania!

Bucharest now is a very nice city compared to the 90's and early 2000 but some of these stats are not very accurate, for example home invasion and drug trafficking is more common than people think, but still much better than Paris or Berlin

These comments are total garbage. I've lived in Bucharest one & off from 2003 to 2014, and full time from 2014 to 2023. Not a single time, never, have I experienced or known anyone who has experienced crime, except one person who had a phone stolen from a pocket on a metro, and I'm almost always out and about. But don't take my word for it, check on Facebook expat groups and ask, who has directly personally witnessed crime, not heard a rumour, but seen or felt it. A safer capital, you will not find.

This is old data the crime in Bucharest and Romania increased a lot since 2020 it reminds me of the 90s

Crime in Romania is different from how you d perceive it in western europe. If you think about crime in England or France, for example, you d think of the possibility of being shot, stabbed or beaten. In Romania, this is very uncommon, mainly due to having one of the strictest gun laws in the world. If a shooting takes place, it s such a special event that news will be talking about it for days. Open street fights and stabbings might occur in bigger cities but are 100% gang related and happen in the neighborhoods from the outskirts where normal citizens have nothing to do anyway, so it doesn t bother anyone.

Crime in Romania usually consists of pickpocketing, theft (valuables, cars etc), verbal assault or drunk fights. All these can be avoided by using some common sense. If you pass by a shady group of people, most of the times they'd just ask you for a cigarette or whistle you (if you are a woman) and in most cases, they won t insist if you ignore them. Therefore, be smart, keep your mouth shut in these situations, and you´ll be just fine :)

the safest european city. no crime as in Budapest for example. by the way the very dangerous place is the public hospital where you are spoiled of every money. nobody is looking at you. if you are in the point of dying you are even asked for miney. this is a shame for a country as Romania

Two guys robbed me with machetes hours ago so idk what to say about these stats

Dn't use Taxi (yellow cab) use onli uber or alternatives or public transportation . Avoid these neighborhoods Rahova, Ferentari , Pantelimon , Baicului , Aparatori patriei .
In the summer be awere of thef on the streets . Some people are racist on gipsy.. on ethnic religion like muslims but those people have low education.

In Bucharest there are a lot of racist people... they don't speak with you if you are black or muslim