Tirana

Albania · Europe

91Safety indexLower concern

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

41.33°, 19.82°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Tirana scores 91 out of 100, safer than roughly two thirds of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 1.4 per 100,000, close to the median for the cities we track, and its robbery rate is 4.9 per 100,000. Both figures cover the wider metro area and were calculated by us from raw counts and populations, so treat them as broad. The robbery number also rests on police reports, which miss unreported incidents. The governments we track split on framing: Canada and the UK keep Albania at their lowest advisory level, while the US and Australia raise it one step to increased caution. Those advisories flag pickpocketing and scams for travellers. We have no resident perception survey for the city.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime3

Robbery & theft1

Travel advisory33

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)

1.4/100k

Figure is for Tiranë (metro area), wider than Tirana itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 11 (count, 2024) ÷ 759981 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by broad age group sex and NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 2025) × 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 55% of tracked cities

1.4/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

4.9/100k

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

Figure is for Tiranë (metro area), wider than Tirana itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 37 (count, 2024) ÷ 759981 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by broad age group sex and NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 2025) × 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 91% of tracked cities

4.9/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Albania travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Albania travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.

Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area

National survey

0.6%report a problem

0.6% of people surveyed · Albania · 2023

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