City Travel Stats

Kraków

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
50.06°, 19.95°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Kraków scores 100 out of 100 in our index, the top of the scale.

The homicide rate is 0.5 per 100,000, about a third of the median for the cities we track, and both this and the robbery figure are reported for the city itself. We calculated each rate from a raw count and a population. Recorded robbery is 16.7 per 100,000; police data counts only reported incidents, so the real figure sits somewhat higher. All four governments we track hold Poland at their lowest advisory level, and each names pickpocketing and scams in guidance that covers the country. In a survey run at city level, 77.1% of Kraków residents said they feel safe walking alone at night, which sits comfortably alongside the low recorded crime.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime1
Robbery & theft3
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)
0.5/100k
Rate computed by project-atlas: 4 (count, 2024) ÷ 794911 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 89% of tracked cities
0.5/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
16.7/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 133 (count, 2024) ÷ 794911 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 84% of tracked cities
16.7/100k
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
77.1%feel safe
Poland average · 79.1%
77.1% of people surveyed · Kraków · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (22.1%) + "somewhat agree" (55%); 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 Kraków 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)