The 10 Most Dangerous Cities in Europe in 2022
The most violent cities are spread across five different countries, and there is a surprise.
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Europe has a much lower level of violence than Africa or Latin America. To put it in perspective, São Paulo, the safest of the 27 Brazilian state capitals, would still be more violent than any European country except Russia.
But that doesn’t mean Europe is without danger. After all, the old continent is home to 44 countries and nearly 800 million people.
While it is safe in general, it is also a very unequal continent. In western Europe are some of the most developed countries in the world, but eastern nations like Belarus, Albania, or Moldova have a development level comparable to places in Latin America or Asia.
When we talk about the ten most dangerous cities in Europe, one might assume that the majority of them are in the poorer nations of Eastern Europe.
But nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, nine of Europe’s ten most dangerous cities are located in developed, western countries.
