Tallinn

Estonia · Europe

99Safety 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

59.44°, 24.75°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Tallinn scores 99 out of 100 in our index, safer than about 87% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate of 1.2 per 100,000 covers the wider metro area and was calculated by us from a count and a population, so take it as an upper bound; it runs near 0.7 times the median we track. Recorded robbery is low at 6.3 per 100,000, also a metro figure and drawn from police records that undercount, so the real number is somewhat higher. All four governments we track keep Estonia at their lowest advisory level, and each advisory that covers the country names pickpocketing and scams for travellers. In a city-level survey, 77.5% of residents said they feel safe walking alone at night, in line with the low recorded crime.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime2

Robbery & theft1

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)

1.2/100k

Figure is for Põhja-Eesti (metro area), wider than Tallinn itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 8 (count, 2024) ÷ 646315 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 62% of tracked cities

1.2/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

6.3/100k

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

Figure is for Põhja-Eesti (metro area), wider than Tallinn itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 41 (count, 2024) ÷ 646315 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 89% of tracked cities

6.3/100k

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 — Estonia Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Estonia travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Estonia 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

77.5%feel safe

77.5% of people surveyed · Tallinn · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (24.9%) + "somewhat agree" (52.6%); 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

4.3%report a problem

4.3% of people surveyed · Estonia · 2023

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