Safetlas

How safe is Portugal?

Officially recorded crime for every municipality - 278 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 2025 (provisional). Sources: INE Portugal / DGPJ crime rates · GISCO boundaries and population.

Safest areas in Portugal

  1. Sernancelhe - 13.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Castelo de Paiva - 14.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Mogadouro - 14.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Sabrosa - 14.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Condeixa-a-Nova - 15.5 crimes / 1,000 residents

Highest recorded crime

  1. Albufeira - 66.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Avis - 62.6 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Sines - 61.1 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Porto - 60.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Idanha-a-Nova - 58.9 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 Portugal only.

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All 278 mainland municipalities (concelhos), with street snatching (esticão) in the breakdown.