Ranked: Europe’s Most Dangerous Cities, According to Citizens
Description
Ranked: Europe’s Most Dangerous Cities, According to Citizens
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Key Takeaways
- Numbeo’s Crime Index is based on user surveys, scaled 0–100, and reflects perceptions of crime and safety rather than official statistics.
- Bradford, UK is the most dangerous city in Europe according to the latest mid-2025 crime rankings.
- At the country-level, France has the most cities in the top 30.
Where do European’s feel the least safe?
To answer this question, we visualized the results of Numbeo’s Crime Index, which reveals how people perceive safety in their own city as of mid-2025. Unlike official crime statistics, this index reflects public sentiment through crowdsourced surveys.
Data & Discussion
Numbeo’s City Crime Index uses a scale from 0 to 100, based on residents’ self-reported experiences and perceptions. The survey covers various aspects of crime, including:
- General perception of crime levels
- Perceived safety during day and night
- Concerns about specific crimes (mugging, robbery, car theft, physical attacks, etc)
- Severity of property crime (burglary, theft, vandalism)
- Severity of violent crime (assault, homicide, sexual offenses)
As mentioned above, higher values indicate a stronger sense of insecurity among residents. Here’s how to interpret the scores:
- Very Low Crime: 20 and below
- Low Crime: 20.01-40
- Moderate Crime: 40.01-60
- High Crime: 60.01-80
- Very High Crime: above 80
According to the mid-2025 rankings, the top five most dangerous cities in Europe are Bradford, Marseille, Coventry, Birmingham, and Naples.
| Rank | City | Country | Crime Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradford |  United Kingdom | 67.1 |
| 2 | Marseille |  France | 65.3 |
| 3 | Coventry | United Kingdom | 65 |
| 4 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 64.4 |
| 5 | Naples |  Italy | 62.8 |
| 6 | Grenoble | France | 61.2 |
| 7 | Montpellier | France | 61.1 |
| 8 | Liège |  Belgium | 60.7 |
| 9 | Nantes | France | 58.5 |
| 10 | Paris | France | 58.1 |
| 11 | Lyon | France | 57.5 |
| 12 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 56.2 |
| 13 | Nice | France | 55.8 |
| 14 | Malmö |  Sweden | 55.5 |
| 15 | London | United Kingdom | 55.3 |
| 16 | Athens |  Greece | 55.3 |
| 17 | Amadora |  Portugal | 55.2 |
| 18 | Odessa (Odesa) |  Ukraine | 55.2 |
| 19 | Brussels | Belgium | 54.9 |
| 20 | Dublin |  Ireland | 54 |
| 21 | Dnipro |
