City Travel Stats

Antwerp

Belgium · Europe

82Safety indexLower concern
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
51.22°, 4.40°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Antwerp scores 82 out of 100 in our index, roughly in the middle of the field at safer than 52% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 1.1 per 100,000, about 0.7 times the median we track, but it covers the wider metro area and we calculated it from a count and a population, so treat it as an upper bound on the city itself. Robbery is higher at 104 per 100,000, again a metro figure, and since police records miss unreported incidents the real level is higher. The governments differ slightly: the US and Canada hold Belgium at increased caution, their second level, while the UK and Australia keep it at their lowest. Every advisory flags pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a city survey, 71.5% of Antwerp residents said they feel safe walking alone at night.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime2
Robbery & theft19
Travel advisory33
The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)
1.1/100k
Figure is for Arr. Antwerpen (metro area), wider than Antwerp itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 12 (count, 2024) ÷ 1091855 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg; source data: Police Fédérale / Federale Politie, Belgium)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 64% of tracked cities
1.1/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
104/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence — a share of robberies go unreported. Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure is for Arr. Antwerpen (metro area), wider than Antwerp itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 1136 (count, 2024) ÷ 1091855 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg; source data: Police Fédérale / Federale Politie, Belgium)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 37% of tracked cities
104/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Belgium Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Belgium Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Belgium travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Belgium travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.
Feel safe walking alone at night
City survey
71.5%feel safe
Belgium average · 57.7%
71.5% of people surveyed · Antwerp · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (30.7%) + "somewhat agree" (40.8%); both are shares of the same respondents (base includes "don't know").

Primary source: Eurostat — Quality of Life in European Cities (Flash Eurobarometer, DG REGIO)

Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area
National survey
12.4%report a problem
12.4% of people surveyed · Belgium · 2023
Survey figure is for Belgium (country), wider than Antwerp itself.

Primary source: Eurostat — Crime, violence or vandalism in the area (EU-SILC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.
Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories
3 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Belgium travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories
2 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 2 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Belgium travel advice (Safety and security)