City Travel Stats

Valletta

Malta · Europe

97Safety 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
35.90°, 14.51°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Valletta scores 97 out of 100 in our composite index, placing it safer than about 82% of the cities we rank.

The homicide rate is 1 per 100,000, a little under the median for the cities we track, but it covers the wider metro area and we calculated it from a raw count and a population, so read it as an upper bound. Recorded robbery is 46.7 per 100,000. That figure also spans the metro area and, being police-recorded, undercounts what actually happens. The four governments we track all hold Malta at their lowest advisory level, with no disagreement, though every advisory names pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a city-level survey, 75.3% of residents said they feel safe walking alone after dark, which fits the low recorded crime.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime2
Robbery & theft8
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)
1/100k
Figure covers Malta's main island (NUTS 3 region MT001, ~520k people), not Valletta proper (~5k). The rate is derived against the whole island, and the small annual counts make it volatile year-to-year — read it as an island-wide approximation, not a Valletta-specific figure.
Figure is for Malta (metro area), wider than Valletta itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 5 (count, 2024) ÷ 522517 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 66% of tracked cities
1/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
46.7/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure covers Malta's main island (NUTS 3 region MT001, ~520k people), not Valletta proper (~5k). The rate is derived against the whole island, and the small annual counts make it volatile year-to-year — read it as an island-wide approximation, not a Valletta-specific figure.
Figure is for Malta (metro area), wider than Valletta itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 244 (count, 2024) ÷ 522517 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 67% of tracked cities
46.7/100k
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 — Malta Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Malta travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Malta 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
75.3%feel safe
75.3% of people surveyed · Valletta · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (41.8%) + "somewhat agree" (33.5%); 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
7.4%report a problem
7.4% of people surveyed · Malta · 2023
Survey figure is for Malta (country), wider than Valletta 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 — Malta 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 — Malta travel advice (Safety and security)