Vienna

Austria · Europe

90Safety 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

48.21°, 16.37°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Vienna scores 90 out of 100 in our composite index, safer than about 64% of the cities we rank.

Both crime figures are reported for the city itself. Homicide is 1.3 per 100,000, close to the median for the cities we track, and we derived that rate from a raw count and a population. Recorded robbery is 83.9 per 100,000, a police figure that captures only reported incidents, so the real number runs higher. The four governments we track all hold Austria at their lowest advisory level, with no disagreement, though each advisory names pickpocketing and scams that can affect visitors. In a city survey, 76.8% of residents said they feel safe walking alone after dark.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime3

Robbery & theft15

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)

1.3/100k

Rate computed by project-atlas: 27 (count, 2024) ÷ 2005760 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 59% of tracked cities

1.3/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

83.9/100k

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

Rate computed by project-atlas: 1683 (count, 2024) ÷ 2005760 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 44% of tracked cities

83.9/100k

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 — Austria Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Austria travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Austria 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

76.8%feel safe

Austria average · 75.1%

76.8% of people surveyed · Vienna · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (39.7%) + "somewhat agree" (37.1%); 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%report a problem

7% of people surveyed · Austria · 2023

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