City Travel Stats

Gdańsk

Poland · Europe

100Safety 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
54.35°, 18.65°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Gdańsk reaches 100 out of 100 in our index, the top of the scale, and the figures behind it are consistent with that.

Its homicide rate is 0.7 per 100,000, well under half the median for the cities we track, though it covers the wider metro area and we derived it from a count and a population, so take it as an upper bound. Recorded robbery is 9.9 per 100,000, also a metro figure and drawn from police reports, which capture only what gets reported. All four governments we track keep Poland at their lowest advisory level. Their advisories still mention pickpocketing and scams that target visitors. A city-level survey found 79% of residents feel safe walking alone after dark, sentiment that matches the crime data.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime1
Robbery & theft2
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)
0.7/100k
Figure is for Trójmiejski (metro area), wider than Gdańsk itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 5 (count, 2024) ÷ 743881 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 79% of tracked cities
0.7/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
9.9/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure is for Trójmiejski (metro area), wider than Gdańsk itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 74 (count, 2024) ÷ 743881 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
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 88% of tracked cities
9.9/100k
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 — Poland Travel Advisory

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

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

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Poland travel advice

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

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Poland 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
79%feel safe
Poland average · 79.1%
79% of people surveyed · Gdańsk · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (26.3%) + "somewhat agree" (52.7%); 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
2.8%report a problem
2.8% of people surveyed · Poland · 2023
Survey figure is for Poland (country), wider than Gdańsk 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 — Poland 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 — Poland travel advice (Safety and security)