Oslo

Norway · Europe

93Safety 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

59.91°, 10.75°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Oslo scores 93 out of 100 in our composite index, safer than about 75% of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 0.4 per 100,000, roughly a third of the median for the cities we track, and we calculated that rate ourselves from a raw count and a population. Recorded robbery is 74 per 100,000, a figure drawn from police records, which count only reported incidents and so sit below the real total. All four governments we track, the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, hold Norway at their lowest advisory level. Those advisories still name pickpocketing and scams as things visitors should watch for. In a city survey, 80.2% of residents said they feel safe walking alone after dark, in line with the recorded crime figures.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime1

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)

0.4/100k

Rate computed by project-atlas: 3 (count, 2024) ÷ 717710 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 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 91% of tracked cities

0.4/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

74/100k

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

Rate computed by project-atlas: 531 (count, 2024) ÷ 717710 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 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 48% of tracked cities

74/100k

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 — Norway Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Norway travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Norway 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

80.2%feel safe

80.2% of people surveyed · Oslo · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (39.9%) + "somewhat agree" (40.3%); 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 · Norway · 2023

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