How safe is Latvia?

Officially recorded crime for every region - 5 in total - with rates per 1,000 residents, on an interactive map you can zoom from the whole country down to street level.

Data period: calendar year 2024 (police-recorded, selected offences). Sources: Eurostat (crim_gen_reg, police-recorded offences) · GISCO/NUTS boundaries.

Across all 5 regions of Latvia, officially recorded crime ranges from about 6.1 per 1,000 residents in Vidzeme to 10.2 in Rīga. A typical region sits at around 7.3 per 1,000. The two lists below show the five lowest and the five highest; the interactive map holds the full ranking, and you can zoom past the region level to see how the picture changes from one area to the next.

Safest areas in Latvia

1. Vidzeme - 6.1 crimes / 1,000 residents
2. Kurzeme - 6.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
3. Zemgale - 7.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
4. Latgale - 9.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
5. Rīga - 10.2 crimes / 1,000 residents

Highest recorded crime in Latvia

1. Rīga - 10.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
2. Latgale - 9.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
3. Zemgale - 7.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
4. Kurzeme - 6.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
5. Vidzeme - 6.1 crimes / 1,000 residents

Read the numbers honestly. Rates are per 1,000 residents, so city centres and tourist areas look worse than they feel - many visitors, few residents. Recorded crime is not the same as how safe a place feels, and recording practices differ between countries, so compare within Latvia only.

All 5 statistical regions, police-recorded offences (Eurostat) with violence and theft broken out - a selected set of offence types, not the full penal code. Whichever area you land on, the rate is counted per 1,000 residents, so you can weigh a capital city against a quiet town on the same scale - as long as both sit inside Latvia. Use the search box to jump to a place by name, or the locate button to find the region you are standing in right now.