Crime in Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest has become a very safe city with the entrance of Romania into the EU. This allowed many of the beggars and the thieves to move out towards the west where the victims are more naive and gullible than in Romania, where the Romanians have become more or less immune to scams and fraud attempts.
This leaves Bucharest in a very interesting light, where the violent crime as we see nowadays in the west (shootings, stabbings etc) is almost non-existent, and if there is any, it is usually between people who know each other and have some history. Romanians are not violent in nature, although certain groups (which now have emigrated and are wrongly confused with the Romanians in West) can become very violent and persistent in their attempt for theft, fraud and scamming. These groups can be met especially in Bucharest's Old Town where gullible and naive tourists tend to be for the night life experience.
It is also understood that for someone who does not plan their trip from the airport to the city, this can also fuel some frustration since the International Bucharest Airport does not have a well coordinated and organized Taxi queue with vetted and trusted drivers like one sees in other cities in Europe.
Corruption is indeed still high and apparent, many times one can witness that if someone pays the right amount can get certain benefits from establishments and from the authorities, therefore, one cannot deny the fact that corruption is a problem. However, I believe corruption is more apparent at the lower levels, and it will never compare with the amounts which are being exchanged at the level of the European Parliament/Commission or the level of the German government.

All in all, I believe Bucharest is a very safe city as long as you avoid the Old Town for the night life experience and you plan your trip accordingly around the city, possibly using a ride sharing app like Uber or Bolt.

Violence is not common in Romania, but scamming and tourist traps may indeed pose some threat for a gullible and naive person.

It's moderately safe, but definitely not safer than most cities in Western Europe. To name a few: Berlin, Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Dublin and Lisbon are generally safer to visit than Bucharest.

Classic communist dictatorial mentality from lots of comments like the one acussing another user of spreading misinformation just because his personal point of view of the city in the last years, if it's not what I want to hear then it's fake and anti-me. The truth is that Bucharest is still safe and much safer than decades ago but for the last years lots of thieves are coming back from Western Europe and crime is higher and higher just like in Iași, Constanța etc.

Wtf some comments saying Bucharest is full of home burglary, no, Romania really does not have a lot of that going on. Also There s no mugging in public spaces like other European Capitals u re just spreading misinformation. for a woman every city can be dangerous but I experienced a lot less harassment here than in France for example.

Bucharest is the safest capital city in Europe
We don't have other nation which cause problems

Crime rate is super wrong in almost everything it should be higher mostly these last 2 years since we got thousands of thieves and thugs deported back from lots of countries

First day we were there, my friend got randomly suckerpunched in the face when we walked onto a platz at night. The nightlife is very sketchy.

Mikel is right. Corruption is horrible and has caused so many great places to be ruined and caused wars and migration.

Corruption is good, but people are poor and jealous. Still it remains a safe city

In my experience its a pretty safe city.Just avoid unoffical taxis because you can get scamed.

American tourist here. Spent two weeks in Bucharest. I had absolutely no problems while I was there whatsoever. I walked alone during the day and walked alone at night - experienced no issues. There are some people, primarily Roma, who come up to you and ask for money, but they don't bother you all that much once you say you don't have anything and walk away. People are warm and friendly.

These comments are total garbage. I've lived in Bucharest one & off from 2003 to 2014, and full time from 2014 to 2023. Not a single time, never, have I experienced or known anyone who has experienced crime, except one person who had a phone stolen from a pocket on a metro, and I'm almost always out and about. But don't take my word for it, check on Facebook expat groups and ask, who has directly personally witnessed crime, not heard a rumour, but seen or felt it. A safer capital, you will not find.

This is old data the crime in Bucharest and Romania increased a lot since 2020 it reminds me of the 90s

Crime in Romania is different from how you d perceive it in western europe. If you think about crime in England or France, for example, you d think of the possibility of being shot, stabbed or beaten. In Romania, this is very uncommon, mainly due to having one of the strictest gun laws in the world. If a shooting takes place, it s such a special event that news will be talking about it for days. Open street fights and stabbings might occur in bigger cities but are 100% gang related and happen in the neighborhoods from the outskirts where normal citizens have nothing to do anyway, so it doesn t bother anyone.

Crime in Romania usually consists of pickpocketing, theft (valuables, cars etc), verbal assault or drunk fights. All these can be avoided by using some common sense. If you pass by a shady group of people, most of the times they'd just ask you for a cigarette or whistle you (if you are a woman) and in most cases, they won t insist if you ignore them. Therefore, be smart, keep your mouth shut in these situations, and you´ll be just fine :)

the safest european city. no crime as in Budapest for example. by the way the very dangerous place is the public hospital where you are spoiled of every money. nobody is looking at you. if you are in the point of dying you are even asked for miney. this is a shame for a country as Romania

Two guys robbed me with machetes hours ago so idk what to say about these stats

Dn't use Taxi (yellow cab) use onli uber or alternatives or public transportation . Avoid these neighborhoods Rahova, Ferentari , Pantelimon , Baicului , Aparatori patriei .
In the summer be awere of thef on the streets . Some people are racist on gipsy.. on ethnic religion like muslims but those people have low education.

In Bucharest there are a lot of racist people... they don't speak with you if you are black or muslim