Warsaw

Poland · Europe

100Safety 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

52.23°, 21.01°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Warsaw scores 100 out of 100 in our composite index, the top of the scale.

The figures beneath it are worth reading in detail. Homicide is 0.5 per 100,000, well under the median for the cities we track, and robbery is recorded at 14.8 per 100,000. Both are reported for the city itself, and we calculated the rates from raw counts and a population. The robbery figure is police-recorded, so it counts only reported incidents and the true level is somewhat higher. All four governments we track hold Poland at their lowest advisory level, with no disagreement, though each advisory names pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a city survey, 76.9% of residents said they feel safe walking alone after dark.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime1

Robbery & theft3

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)

0.5/100k

Rate computed by project-atlas: 9 (count, 2024) ÷ 1869028 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

01·3·8·20·40 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 89% of tracked cities

0.5/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

14.8/100k

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

Rate computed by project-atlas: 277 (count, 2024) ÷ 1869028 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 85% of tracked cities

14.8/100k

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 — Poland Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Poland travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Poland 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

76.9%feel safe

Poland average · 79.1%

76.9% of people surveyed · Warsaw · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (18.4%) + "somewhat agree" (58.5%); 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

2.8%report a problem

2.8% of people surveyed · Poland · 2023

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