Zagreb

Croatia · Europe

92Safety 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

45.81°, 15.98°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Zagreb scores 92 out of 100 in our index, ranking safer than about 70% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 1.4 per 100,000, close to the median for the cities we track at 0.9 times, and we calculated that rate ourselves from a raw count and a population. Recorded robbery is 62.8 per 100,000. Police data counts only reported incidents, so the true figure is somewhat higher, and this rate was also derived by us. All four governments we track hold Croatia at their lowest advisory level, with the advisories flagging pickpocketing and scams for visitors. A city-level survey found 78.7% of residents feel safe walking alone at night, consistent with the moderate crime figures.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime3

Robbery & theft11

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)

1.4/100k

Rate computed by project-atlas: 11 (count, 2024) ÷ 772122 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 55% of tracked cities

1.4/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

62.8/100k

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

Rate computed by project-atlas: 485 (count, 2024) ÷ 772122 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 56% of tracked cities

62.8/100k

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 — Croatia Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Croatia travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Croatia 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

78.7%feel safe

78.7% of people surveyed · Zagreb · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (39.9%) + "somewhat agree" (38.8%); 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

1.4%report a problem

1.4% of people surveyed · Croatia · 2023

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