City Travel Stats

Bucharest

Romania · Europe

97Safety indexLower concern
1US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
44.43°, 26.10°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Bucharest scores 97 out of 100, safer than 82% of the cities we score.

Both of its crime figures are city-level here. The homicide rate is 0.8 per 100,000, about 0.5 times the median for the cities we track, and recorded robbery is 44.5 per 100,000; we calculated both from raw counts and a population, and the robbery number reflects only reported incidents. All four governments we track hold Romania at their lowest advisory level. In a city survey, 56.6% of residents said they feel safe walking alone at night, a more cautious reading than the recorded-crime data alone would imply. Advisories for Romania still flag pickpocketing and scams aimed at travellers.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime2
Robbery & theft8
Travel advisory0
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)
0.8/100k
Rate computed by project-atlas: 14 (count, 2024) ÷ 1721784 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by age group sex and NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjangrp3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)

Where this sits on the scaleLow
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 73% of tracked cities
0.8/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
44.5/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 766 (count, 2024) ÷ 1721784 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by age group sex and NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjangrp3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 69% of tracked cities
44.5/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
1US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

Global Affairs Canada
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Romania travel advice

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

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Romania 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
56.6%feel safe
Romania average · 68.8%
56.6% of people surveyed · Bucharest · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (20.2%) + "somewhat agree" (36.4%); 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
5.9%report a problem
5.9% of people surveyed · Romania · 2023
Survey figure is for Romania (country), wider than Bucharest 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 — Romania travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud 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 — Romania travel advice (Safety and security)