City Travel Stats

Vilnius

Lithuania · Europe

87Safety 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
54.69°, 25.28°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Vilnius scores 87 out of 100, safer than about 59% of the cities in our index.

Its homicide rate is 3.3 per 100,000, a little over twice the median for the cities we track. That figure covers the wider metro area and was derived from a count and a population, so take it as an upper bound on the local level. Recorded robbery is comparatively low at 20.5 per 100,000, though as police data it reflects only reported incidents. All four governments we track hold Lithuania at their lowest advisory level, in agreement, while still flagging pickpocketing and scams. A city-level survey found 72.7% of residents feel safe walking alone at night.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime7
Robbery & theft4
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)
3.3/100k
Figure is for Vilniaus apskritis (metro area), wider than Vilnius itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 29 (count, 2024) ÷ 868251 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 scaleElevated
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 36% of tracked cities
3.3/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
20.5/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure is for Vilniaus apskritis (metro area), wider than Vilnius itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 178 (count, 2024) ÷ 868251 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 82% of tracked cities
20.5/100k
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 — Lithuania Travel Advisory

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

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

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Lithuania travel advice

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

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Lithuania 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
72.7%feel safe
72.7% of people surveyed · Vilnius · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (21.6%) + "somewhat agree" (51.1%); 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
2.7%report a problem
2.7% of people surveyed · Lithuania · 2023
Survey figure is for Lithuania (country), wider than Vilnius 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 — Lithuania 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 — Lithuania travel advice (Safety and security)