Crime in Switzerland

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Crime rates in Switzerland

Level of crime	24.90	Low
Crime increasing in the past 5 years	58.64	Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen	25.59	Low
Worries being mugged or robbed	22.30	Low
Worries car stolen	17.08	Very Low
Worries things from car stolen	25.22	Low
Worries attacked	24.70	Low
Worries being insulted	28.90	Low
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	21.28	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	43.60	Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	32.47	Low
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	20.71	Low
Problem corruption and bribery	20.73	Low

Safety walking alone during daylight		82.81	Very High
Safety walking alone during night		66.04	High

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Last update: 18 May 2026

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

City	Crime Index	Safety Index
Basel	31.4	68.6
Geneva	29.5	70.5
Lausanne	28.6	71.4
Bern	26.2	73.8
Zurich	23.2	76.8
Lugano	21.4	78.6

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Index
Crime Index:	27.47
Safety Index:	72.53