Helsinki

Finland · Europe

90Safety indexLower concern

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

60.17°, 24.94°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Helsinki scores 90 out of 100 in our composite index, safer than about 64% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 1.5 per 100,000, close to the median for the cities we track, though that figure covers the wider metro area and we calculated it ourselves from a count and a population. Recorded robbery is 72 per 100,000, also a metro-level figure, and police data captures only reported incidents, so read it as a floor. All four governments we track hold Finland at their lowest advisory level, with no disagreement. Their guidance still names pickpocketing and scams as risks for visitors. In a city-level survey, 79.1% of residents said they feel safe walking alone after dark, which lines up with the low recorded crime.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime3

Robbery & theft13

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)

1.5/100k

Figure is for Helsinki-Uusimaa (metro area), wider than Helsinki itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 27 (count, 2024) ÷ 1759537 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

01·3·8·20·40 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 52% of tracked cities

1.5/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

72/100k

Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.

Figure is for Helsinki-Uusimaa (metro area), wider than Helsinki itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 1266 (count, 2024) ÷ 1759537 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 50% of tracked cities

72/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Finland travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Finland 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

79.1%feel safe

Finland average · 80.3%

79.1% of people surveyed · Helsinki · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (41.5%) + "somewhat agree" (37.6%); 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

11.5%report a problem

11.5% of people surveyed · Finland · 2023

Survey figure is for Finland (country), wider than Helsinki 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 — Finland travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

1 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 1 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Finland travel advice (Safety and security)