Crime in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Crime rates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Level of crime	51.33	Moderate
Crime increasing in the past 5 years	60.19	High
Worries home broken and things stolen	54.61	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	56.96	Moderate
Worries car stolen	48.36	Moderate
Worries things from car stolen	54.08	Moderate
Worries attacked	43.32	Moderate
Worries being insulted	41.25	Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	23.17	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	52.62	Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	59.17	Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	45.52	Moderate
Problem corruption and bribery	79.73	High

Safety in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Safety walking alone during daylight		66.04	High
Safety walking alone during night		40.44	Moderate

Contributors: 293

Last update: May 2025

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.

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5 Comments so far

Mr Spence Eng on Nov 23, 2024:

I have visited here twice and have to speak as I find, yes it is crime ridden city, some prefer to call it petty, but personally I suspect most of us is more important than Bank Robbery.

As a Tourist\ Alien you are a target and treated as one, keep a small amount of cash divided around your body, never ever take any documents or phone around your person, try to use an old phone for walk about where you might want a translator service or maps, but it needs to be strapped to your Belt, trust me these individuals have theft of your property off to a fine art, I can vouch for it first hand.

But that all said, with proper planning and doing nothing stupid, it's a great place to visit. On my 1st visit I hired a taxi driver for 5hrs to show me all the tourist sites, I even visited the Zoo and had lunch at the Royal Palace for around £10 for 2

I have traveled extensively around the world and you can be mugged, rapped, stabbed in your home town where you feel safe as here and believe me there are a lot worse places to have concerns visiting

Mr Spence Eng

Thanh on Oct 29, 2023:

So I visited recently my family here in Saigon and I can say it’s pretty safe now everywhere cameras and if something happens locals will come help you.
But I rather you to be careful they told me in the evening and morning not to put out your phone or walk with a handbag otherwise it can be snatched.
And our neighbor got his dog snatched unfortunately there is no camera recording
Use your common sense and be careful with your valuables Crime is still high in this city

Anonymous on Jul 28, 2021:

Seems like Cody had a very bad vacation in 2017.

100%FullofVietnameseBlood on Feb 01, 2021:

SHUT UP EVERYONE! The Vietnamese people are nice! the only problem here is in here, in Vietnam, the real problem is property theft, corruption and bribery. In Ho Chi Minh City the only crime areas are most of the poor areas. where all the crime takes place. Meanwhile, the city is very safe at day and night if you walk in the big streets, if you walk in the alleys then your chances of being a victim may increase. The parks too. They are safe 24/7 so no worries, everything is going to be fine. I've lived in Vietnam through out my life and I had no problem living in the city. Racism is a no no here. I never saw racism in the city. Meanwhile, insulting in here is quite common. Being attacked is rare here, as there are security guards and police everywhere. Drugs, very rare. currently there seems to be no drug dealers here because the police are always on watch. Vandalism is quite common. I see graffiti everywhere, even on buildings and walls. Besides that, Ho Chi Minh City is a wonderful and beautiful city. And i would like to rate in terms of raising a family here as a 9/10.

Oseta Balena on Oct 14, 2020:

My Comments is that be very careful with the GRab motorcycle driver. the Driver of Grab snatched my mobile at around 3Pm Sunday 11 October 2020, while riding his vehicle. The Grab Support team of the company identified the details of my booking but until now has not acted to catch the culprit,I trusted Grab for almost 4 years and in other countries this never happened to me in a broad daylight, only in Ho Chi Minh City. I reported the matter to the police at #39 Huynh, Tinh Cua, Cong An Phuong 8, Quan 3 HCMC>

I also inform GRAB that I don't need any suspension of the driver, just return my mobile because all my valuable information is there. I dont know what is the disciplinary actions to be imposed to the driver . but this is part of the GRAB obligations to serve its clients.

If this happened to me , then it will again happen to some passengers.

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Crime Index:	50.97
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