Crime in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Crime rates in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Level of crime	30.39	Low
Crime increasing in the past 3 years	50.00	Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen	28.81	Low
Worries being mugged or robbed	23.91	Low
Worries car stolen	21.43	Low
Worries things from car stolen	27.50	Low
Worries attacked	28.26	Low
Worries being insulted	35.80	Low
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	17.76	Very Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	48.73	Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	43.31	Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	28.81	Low
Problem corruption and bribery	24.00	Low

Safety in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Safety walking alone during daylight		85.33	Very High
Safety walking alone during night		64.54	High

Contributors: 185

Last update: December 2020

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 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.

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Nearby cities:

Crime in Stirling	36.65 miles
Crime in Glasgow	46.66 miles
Crime in Dundee	62.38 miles
Crime in Newcastle upon Tyne	103.72 miles
Crime in Sunderland	119.54 miles
Crime in Durham	121.65 miles
Crime in Aberdeen	126.59 miles
Crime in Middlesbrough	145.33 miles
Crime in Inverness	157.14 miles
Crime in Preston	186.13 miles

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3 Comments so far

Sophie on Nov 01, 2020:

Nonwhite people are unwelcome in this city. Growing up my mum would sit on the park chair and the locals would all get up and glare at us before leaving and they would not allow their children to play with me but only the other white children, this was in the 2000s and I have since left, the only other person in class who wasn't white was from Hong Kong and years later I asked him if things changed and he said people call him a "chink" on a daily basis but otherwise it's a safe place but I have heard people getting beat up in racist attacks. Visually Edinburgh is a beautiful city so I would recommend to visit it at least once but it's a shame the peoples behaviour is like this, people often forget that depending on your race and sometimes your gender you might have a different experience when visiting a city/country.

Alison on Apr 02, 2019:

Edinburgh is a fairly safe city. Even at night you do not have to worry about anything most of the time. Be careful in Leith and the surrounding areas though. There is quite a lot of poverty and drug use there so it is advised to keep a rather low profile and preferably not visit alone at night.

Andrew on Feb 25, 2019:

Edinburgh is pretty safe
Just take care on Cowgate by night and follow the typical commun cense that everyone should follow in big cities .

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