Crime in Marseille, France

Crime rates in Marseille, France

Level of crime	70.97	High
Crime increasing in the past 5 years	69.24	High
Worries home broken and things stolen	58.98	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	64.15	High
Worries car stolen	59.93	Moderate
Worries things from car stolen	68.29	High
Worries attacked	62.15	High
Worries being insulted	66.04	High
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	45.12	Moderate
Problem people using or dealing drugs	74.02	High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	73.51	High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	67.21	High
Problem corruption and bribery	66.47	High

Safety in Marseille, France

Safety walking alone during daylight		51.17	Moderate
Safety walking alone during night		27.83	Low

Contributors: 488

Last update: 11 July 2025

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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19 Comments so far

Anonymous on Jul 13, 2025:

avoid black and brown people, look poor, no expensive clothes, no jewelry, no expensive items(phone, camera)

Lorax on Jul 08, 2025:

I live in Marseille and I can tell it';s totally true. People who don't see the unsafety are just blind...

Anon on Jun 02, 2025:

I really don’t understand the bad talk around Marseille
Visited here and did not once feel unsafe
Area around the old port especially

anon on May 19, 2025:

funny to see euros coping about the crime rate and claiming it's not as bad as major cities in America. Nyc,LA, Boston,Las Vegas, Austin, Miami, San Francisco (I could keep going) all have a lower crime index than Marseille. euros would rather get mugged and shanked than ever admit their city has a crime problem

reggie on Apr 22, 2025:

People like to give this city a bad rep but it's far safer than the vast majority of north american cities.

Anonymous on Jan 22, 2025:

I spent my childhood in Paris. We have been living in this city for 3 years. Honestly, don't go out at night, there are a lot of gangs, your phone, bag, etc. can be stolen, be careful.

Anonymous on Nov 20, 2024:

French people love to talk about the crime in their country like its Haiti or something, im from Spain stayed there for 8 years and it's nothing from the another world, maybe worse than Spain but far from being the most dangerous in Europe, and for Marseille its a great city just use basic street smarts, stuff like gun assault is not common like in the Americas so don't worry

Anonymous on Nov 20, 2024:

French people mostly the southeners like people from Marseille and Montpellier love to exaggerate everything if

Juliet. T on Nov 05, 2024:

I don’t understand
I am alone stay in Marseille
Old port hotel most of dangerously story’s is not true. Who write a down.?
Especially safe place and walking Marseille.
Internet don’t trust.
Nice place. Enjoy.

Bleb on Jan 29, 2024:

Lol just don’t go to the northern parts of the city! The city center is just like any other big city. I’ve been living in Marseille for 2 years now and haven’t made any bad experiences.

Anonymous on Jan 21, 2024:

Crime index should be in red, not in yellow. This city is completely unsafe. One cannot walk down the street without getting attacked.

Anonymous on Oct 26, 2023:

Sketchiest city I've ever been too. My friend had a phone robbed from his hand on the first day, second night after leaving a bar we were surrounded by a huge group of street muggers holding knives. My watch was stolen and we were lucky to escape in a taxi, it could have been far worse. There is a feeling in Marseille that you are always being watched as a tourist. The more tuned in to it you are, the more you notice it. If you visit, keep your wits about you, keep valuables firmly out of site, keep your phone in your pocket and try and avoid getting too intoxicated you become a very clear target.

Its a great city in lots of ways, very unique, but it is very dangerous. We had to file a police report and were told by the police 'Marseille is like Gotham City' and 'If I'm on duty and I need to look at my phone, I keep one hand on my gun'.

Anonymous on Aug 26, 2023:

Went to Marseille for 2 days, arabs attempted to mug and stab me and my friend 3 times during the 2 days, all 3 happened during daytime. After the first assault I called the police and they said they won't come if I am not injured... the next two times I didn't bother calling the police but I was better prepared and ran away quickly after the 2nd and 3rd attempted assaults. Stay away from Marseille, it is probably the most dangerous city in Europe, not worth risking your life.

Anonymous on Feb 25, 2023:

literaly shoutout eneryday,murders by bullets,drugs,organized crimes,local gangs,mafia its extremly dangerous these days

mathieu on Nov 27, 2022:

People clearly never been to Marseille, there's bad places but not a lot Marseille as a whole is a safe city

Sk on Aug 07, 2021:

Got my watch stolen today. I was sitting at the hotel terrace with my wife and 2 girls. These 2 middle eastern guys approached asking something. The next second they grabbed my arm and took my watch and ran. I chased them but around the corner there were 2 guys blocking me saying “what happened? What happened?” This is organized crime. The police would not come to my hotel. They told me to come there tomorrow. I won’t go. I don’t wanna waste my time with them.
People. Don’t come here. They are watching you. Do not put yourself in danger for a city actually nothing to see.

Mendy01 on Jun 21, 2021:

I lived in malmo when i was til the age 14 and i have lived in North Marseille for 3 years right now. When it comes to robbing people in Marseille is way worse But when it comes to other crimes like shooting bombing Sweden has way more crimes of those. All done and said both of them are horrible places to live

Freddy Overgaard Christensen on Jun 20, 2021:

Marseille seems to be the worst place we have visisted. Our car was opened and bags, money, passports and more were stolen. And we were there for a few hours. We have never experienced anything like this. For example we have been to Berlin more than 20 times and often for a week or more. Never any kind of problem with car, bags or the like. Same with even Karlsbad, Hamburg, Paris. Bruxelles.
And the Police in Aix de Provence almost laughed at us being mugged i Marseille. So normal they said. Never go there again. Lyon has a terrible reputation as well. If you want tourist, keep crime down!!! Never going back.

corsica on Apr 20, 2021:

why there high crime and you tourist doesnt see it? because near all happens in north area where i live,and is the day and night with city center and south...no one tourist go to the north as there nothing to visit..but if you have balls,just go the the north where you see many middle building and you will see if there no violence in Marseille , Big lol

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Index
Crime Index:	65.24
Safety Index:	34.76