Crime in Lisbon, Portugal

#a.girl is not that wrong. My views might skewed since I only lived in Portugal's countryside and small to medium towns (pretty damn safe), but oh boy, will the city not gnaw your bones if you let it.
A gang of african women(with a common accent) circled me like like vultures the first few days on the metro stations, asking for help with the tickets(I clearly looked like a newbie to the city), I'm sure up to no good.
People are overall pretty hostile. I've been talked at by people I was paying service for with harshness I did never experience from even public servants. Everyone is trying to trick you into overpaying goods and services so you can never let your guard down.
There are indeed some neighbourhoods (mostly housing projects) I wouldn't like to walk around in, even during the day.
Taxi drivers are indeed hostile. I felt they were imposing themselves all along.
Beggars are quite "in your face". Then again, I can see them getting quite nasty to a weaker target.
I have some trouble believing Warsaw is more dangerous than this multicultural cesspit.

It's one of the most safe cities in Europe. I live here since i was a kid, all good. Outside central lisbon is even more safe, because there are no pick pockets.

-Clavier, that's BS. Maybe you should check statistics, i live in lisbon for years. It's the most secure in western europe and it's after iceland in the list. Pickpockets and fake druggies appeared because of EU and influx of tourists. Pickpockets are a problem that should be fixed in europe, ofc.

#a.girl, what a liar. That's absolutely not true. Some portuguese guy must have dumped you. Get over it!

Re: #Paul, #a.girl
I think, you meant "Porto"(and not "Portal"), Paul.
#a.girl: You say "Men insult women(...)behave unrespectfully...
Well, I can tell you, women are not the ONLY victims of violence and disrespect.
I'd been a victim of FEMALE VIOLENCE/BULLYING for a large part of my life!!
So let's not be a (female)shovinistics, please! Democracy doesn't work here!
Anyway, I agree with both of you to a large degree. I come from Europe and I came to New Zealand from Poland/Germany 16 years ago. However I visited Europe last time between 2012 and 2014. And I can tell you, if anything changed over there, is only INTO WORSE!
Now, as I've already mentioned I live on the Southern Hemisphere and I think I'm gonna cross Portugal off my list of places I want to visit in the near future (or even retire later on).
After reading your posts I'm a bit confused now whether Brazil is safer than Portugal or the other way around (I mean Porto Alegre for example) as I speak Portuguese well.
By the way, I still don't think that Lisbon is more dangerous than Warsaw/Poland -really!
However, now I'm seriously thinking about going to South America -not to Europe!...

Yes, it is not that safe in Lisbon. Some of my colleagues have been mugged in city centre, I also heard about more serious assaults. In Lisbon there are many problematic neighborhoods to where better not to go even during daylight. Men insult women in summer dresses, behave unrespectfully.
Moreover in Lisbon they do not like foreigners, I mean at all, even tourists and even in tourist sites. They will try to trick you in the restaurants, will be rude to you. Try to avoid using local taxi, taxi drivers are just the rudest and quite violent.

Sketchy! Downtown Lisbon by Rossio square. Thugs will try to sell you drugs and when you say no and walk away they will come back threatening you for money. I was eating at an outdoor restaurant when two thugs came about forcing me to give them money or an ultimatum. The waiters did nothing explained that the gang runs the street and the police won't do nothing because they're corrupt! Stay away from these low lives. Don't even talk to the thugs nor give eye contact. They are there to scam tourists! I've been to many dangerous parts of the word and never experienced this! I've got a rotten taste in my mouth!

I'd say crime in Lisbon is pretty moderate for a European capital city.

I lived in Lisbon for a couple of months in 2015, and besides all the drug dealers trying really hard to sell you what they tell you is coke, marijuana and what not it is quite a safe city. I did however get robbed from my cellphone and 5€ one night when I was walking down Avenida Almirante Reis alone and intoxicated, but on the other hand I have forgotten my keys and my tuxedo a couple of times at local bars, nightclubs and restaurants and all I had to do was to go back the day after to get it back, no problem.

As for assaults and other types of crimes, I wouldn't worry too much. When Sweden won against Portugal in the U21 European Football Championship I walked around the city wearing a Swedish football shirt and a Swedish flag wrapped around my neck. I even went celebrating in that outfit in Bairro Alto at numerous night clubs and all I got was three comments and loads of congratulations. When I walked down the same street I got robbed at wearing a bed sheet wrapped around my body as a toga and a tree branch in my hair people asked if Jesus had come to town and everyone were simply having a good night.

Safe... unless you are black (racism and hate crimes). Also, it would be nice if no one tried to sell you drugs on the sidewalk, during day light, every 100 meters.