City Travel Stats

Bordeaux

France · Europe

69Safety indexLower concern
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
2AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
44.84°, -0.58°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Bordeaux sits at 69 out of 100 in our index, safer than only 35% of the cities we score.

The homicide rate is 1.2 per 100,000, about 0.7 times the median, but that number covers the wider state area rather than the city. Recorded robbery is much higher at 408.6 per 100,000, a city-level figure from police records, which count only reported incidents and so understate the real total. The four governments do not fully agree: the US, Canada, and Australia each place France at their second advisory level, increased caution, while the UK keeps it at its lowest. A city survey found 65.1% of residents feel safe walking alone after dark. Advisories for France also name pickpocketing and scams directed at travellers.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime2
Robbery & theft74
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)
1.2/100k
2022 → 2025 trend▲ 20% over 3 yrs
2022 · 1/100k2025 · 1.2/100k
Figure is for Gironde (state / province), wider than Bordeaux itself.

Primary source: SSMSI — Base départementale de la délinquance enregistrée (police et gendarmerie nationales)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 62% of tracked cities
1.2/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
408.6/100k
2022 → 2025 trend▼ 0% over 3 yrs
2022 · 406.7/100k2025 · 408.6/100k
Police/gendarmerie-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.

Primary source: SSMSI — Base communale de la délinquance enregistrée (police et gendarmerie nationales)

Where this sits on the scaleSevere
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 8% of tracked cities
408.6/100k
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 — France Travel Advisory

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

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

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — France travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
2AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — France 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
65.1%feel safe
France average · 61.4%
65.1% of people surveyed · Bordeaux · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (25.1%) + "somewhat agree" (40%); 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
14.7%report a problem
14.7% of people surveyed · France · 2023
Survey figure is for France (country), wider than Bordeaux 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 — France 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 — France travel advice (Safety and security)