{"license":"CC BY 4.0 — attribution: IsMyTripSafe.com","source":"https://ismytripsafe.com/switzerland/bern","updatedAt":"2026-07-22T01:33:59.833Z","place":{"city":"Bern","country":"Switzerland","countryCode":"CH","lat":46.94809,"lon":7.44744},"safety":{"score":87,"level":"VERY_SAFE","answer":"Yes — very safe","saferThanPctOfCountries":86,"categories":[{"key":"advisories","label":"Advisories","score":90},{"key":"crime","label":"Crime","score":89},{"key":"health","label":"Health & Air","score":92},{"key":"stability","label":"Stability","score":87}]},"advisories":[{"source":"U.S. Department of State","level":1,"label":"Exercise Normal Precautions","updated":"Tue, 20 May 2025","url":"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/switzerland-travel-advisory.html"},{"source":"UK Foreign Office (FCDO)","level":1,"label":"No advisory against travel","updated":"2026-06-10T15:02:01Z","url":"https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/switzerland"},{"source":"Government of Canada","level":1,"label":"Exercise normal security precautions","updated":"2026-07-14T10:18:28.1159244-04:00","url":"https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/switzerland"}],"indicators":[{"key":"homicide","label":"Homicide rate","value":0.597481940544685,"display":"0.6 / 100k","year":"2023","score":95,"source":"World Bank Open Data"},{"key":"terrorism_deaths","label":"Terrorism deaths (latest year)","value":0,"display":"0 recorded","year":"2021","score":96,"source":"Global Terrorism Database"},{"key":"road_deaths","label":"Road traffic deaths","value":2.4,"display":"2.4 / 100k","year":"2021","score":94,"source":"WHO Global Health Observatory"},{"key":"stability","label":"Political stability & no terrorism","value":82.6457687,"display":"83/100","year":"2024","score":83,"source":"World Bank Governance Indicators"},{"key":"rule_of_law","label":"Rule of 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(crowdsourced)","value":72.57,"display":"72.6 / 100 · city-level","year":null,"score":73,"source":"Numbeo Crime Index"},{"key":"safe_walking_dark","label":"Feel safe walking alone after dark","value":83.92,"display":"83.9%","year":"2024","score":87,"source":"UN SDG Global Database"},{"key":"violence_victimization","label":"Physical assault (past year)","value":1.3,"display":"1.3%","year":"2021","score":96,"source":"UN SDG Global Database"},{"key":"sexual_violence","label":"Sexual violence (past year)","value":0.3,"display":"0.3%","year":"2021","score":95,"source":"UN SDG Global Database"},{"key":"human_trafficking_victims","label":"Detected human-trafficking victims","value":0,"display":"0.00 / 100k","year":"2024","score":98,"source":"UN SDG Global Database"},{"key":"bribery_contact_rate","label":"Bribery during public-official contact","value":0.7,"display":"0.7%","year":"2021","score":97,"source":"UN SDG Global Database"},{"key":"air_quality","label":"Air quality","value":35,"display":"US AQI 35 · Good","year":null,"score":92,"source":"Open-Meteo Air Quality"},{"key":"health","label":"Travel health notices","value":null,"display":"3 global notices","year":null,"score":92,"source":"CDC Travelers' Health"},{"key":"hospitals","label":"Hospitals nearby","value":13,"display":"13 within 15 km · nearest ~0.5 km","year":null,"score":95,"source":"OpenStreetMap"},{"key":"weather","label":"Extreme weather","value":37,"display":"July: highs ~37°C · high heat","year":null,"score":80,"source":"Open-Meteo"},{"key":"natural_hazards","label":"Natural hazards","value":1,"display":"1 active alert · Drought (green)","year":null,"score":96,"source":"GDACS / USGS"},{"key":"advisory","label":"Government travel advisory","value":1,"display":"Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions · 2 govts","year":null,"score":95,"source":"US State Dept · Canada"}],"healthNotices":[{"level":"Alert","title":"Global Polio","url":"https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level2/global-polio"},{"level":"Watch","title":"Global Dengue","url":"https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level1/dengue-global"},{"level":"Watch","title":"Global Measles","url":"https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level1/measles-globe"}],"hazardAlerts":[{"kind":"Drought","severity":"green","title":"Drought is on going in Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montenegro, The Republic of North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, ,","distanceKm":438}],"fieldResearch":{"verdict":"Yes — Bern is one of the safest capital cities in the world for visitors, with only routine petty-crime risks to manage.","summary":"Every hard indicator — homicide, terrorism, road safety, governance, corruption — places Switzerland and Bern near the top globally, and both the U.S. and Canadian governments rate it \"exercise normal precautions,\" the lowest advisory tier. The real risks for a visitor are mundane: pickpocketing around the train station and Christmas markets, and the possibility of walking into a political demonstration in the city center, which occasionally turns confrontational.","robberyRisk":{"level":"Low","note":"Armed robbery and mugging of visitors are rare; isolated violent incidents are mostly linked to the Reitschule/Schützenmatte drug scene, not tourist areas."},"pickpocketRisk":{"level":"Moderate","note":"The most realistic crime risk for visitors — concentrated at the main train station, on trams, and at Christmas markets/festivals; Bern police run seasonal anti-pickpocketing campaigns."},"safeAreas":["Altstadt (Old Town/UNESCO core)","Kirchenfeld (museum quarter/embassy district)","Länggasse (university quarter)","Marzili (riverside district)"],"avoidAreas":["Bollwerk / Schützenmatte / Reitschule area at night — Bern's open drug scene and occasional violent incidents cluster here"],"scams":["Fake petitions or surveys used as a distraction for pickpocketing near the train station","Overly friendly strangers near transit hubs trying to distract or exploit confused tourists at ticket machines","Unattended bag/laptop theft in cafes and on trains"],"zones":[{"name":"Altstadt (Old Town)","level":"safe","note":"UNESCO World Heritage core; heavily trafficked by tourists and police, very low crime beyond pickpocketing risk"},{"name":"Kirchenfeld","level":"safe","note":"Embassy and museum district, quiet residential streets, very low crime"},{"name":"Länggasse","level":"safe","note":"University quarter, calm and well-lit, popular with students and families"},{"name":"Marzili","level":"safe","note":"Riverside park and swimming area, safe day and evening, busy with locals"},{"name":"Bahnhof (Bern Hauptbahnhof) and surroundings","level":"caution","note":"Bern's pickpocketing hotspot due to crowds and transit traffic; otherwise not dangerous"},{"name":"Bundesplatz / government quarter","level":"caution","note":"Frequent site of political demonstrations, some of which have turned confrontational; check for planned protests before visiting"},{"name":"Bollwerk / Schützenmatte / Reitschule","level":"avoid","note":"Home to Bern's open drug scene; occasional violent incidents at night, best avoided after dark"},{"name":"Lorraine (near Lorraine Bridge)","level":"caution","note":"Increasingly gentrified and generally fine by day, but retains pockets of drug-related activity near the bridge"}]}}