Crime in Tbilisi, Georgia

This city is one of the safest city’s in fact In the whole county ,,,compared to the USA Canada UK Germany France and the rest of Europe country’s

pretty bad country. lot of crime here against tourist even away from tourist areas.

hey, some advices about safety for people who are going to visit Georgia.

about nighlife:
try to avoid night bars and strip clubs, if you don't have recommendations about place.
nightclubs like Bassiani, Khidi and Mtkvarze are fine and safe. just go and find out about place before you visit at midnight.
some places can overcharge you as hell.

about transport:
bus, micro bus, metro, train are ok and cheap. however if want to take taxi, I recommend to do that through apps.
Yandex Taxi, Bolt, Maxim - those companies are fine, they will give you fair price. local taxi drivers might overcharge you.

Crime definitely exists in Georgia and it's the tourists who are the targets. The reason they claim low crime, is because their police refuse to help tourists open criminal cases against locals that attack tourists. They pick-pocket, and overcharge, and make threats.

I had a bad experience in last day of the trip in Tbilisi. Group of kids are came añd touched me both sides of my pant pockets suddenly in the Marjanishvlli street's Metro station (in front of Mc Donald) area. Specially when you are walking alone they were doing these kind of nonsense activity after 3:30pm onwards. Beware of them.

I am coming back from Tbilisi tomorrow after spending 5 days here.

The country is amazing and the people kind if you're paying for something. Apart from that I found the people intimidating - I am a 6ft 4 boxer from England- so I can hold my own, but there was a few times I told my girlfriend to walk forward whilst I directly communicated with a certain person or group as they followed us, I felt safer in rough parts of London than I did here.

Regardless- if you keep your whits about you- you will be fine.

I actually don't understand why people lie, I am Georgian, I find Georgians commenting negative things about Georgia which is not correct in this post. I actually don't understand why. I am young male I go out at night I am mostly alone and always feel safe. There are lots of tourists and I never noticed them treated badly.
Generally you should avoid gypsies they will do everything to make you to give them money, kids will grab your leg and ask you to give money or they won't let you go and stuff like this happens. This is problematic issue for every one and not only foreigners but locals are targeted to. Police can't do anything because they can't arrest kids. They have absolutely no legal status they have no documents no nothing. You can't punish them by any means other than jail time which is too excessive for hugging someone's leg obviously, legally they don't exist.
You should be polite obviously don't pollute important sites, and don't swear or behave badly in churches, people are mostly very religious and whey will find it very insulting. If you need help you can ask it and everybody will gladly help you. Hospitality is big thing here every one tries their best and it is very important to be generous and king toward guests.

I had the same experience yesterday which was my first day.

Group of children approached and hugged me and i pushed them away without noticing taking my wallet and in 2 seconds one man alerted me to check my money and then i chased them immediately and retrieved my wallet which was empty then in seconds popice arrived and some robbed coupled like us and we stayed 4 hours on site with police then we went to police station for 3 hours to take statement, and all what they said is that we can not arrest these gypsys under age and that this is happening every day.

Then i told them if its happening every day, then where are you and where are the cameras????
I told them this is ruing your tourism and police didnt care about that.

I have been living in Tbilisi for nearly a year now. Compared to all cities I have visited in Europe it is the safest I have ever felt. I certainly do not understand some of the negative comments regarding safety here. There are the pick pockets and harrasment, but in my observation they have been exclusively committed by the Gypsies which have a very bad and deserved reputation also among locals. They are easy to spot and to be avoided at all costs. The usual procedure is having a lot of small kids approaching and touching you all over while an adult supervises the situation from a distance. They are very quick and manage to get hold of your valuables in the blink of an eye.

Hello everybody,

I have been in Georgia 3 times, I was excited all the time. People are very nice and always ready to help. Police is everywhere and always pleasant. Nobody tries to abuse each other, everybody are smiling. Love these people and that country.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Georgia and she said that Georgia is a safe country that is very funny. for example, In Georgia, as soon as they see different people, they are aggressive, as well as the population as well as the police. Even if you are just differently dressed… And this rating is full of lies about Georgia’s security!!!