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Neighbourhood safety for travellers

Arroios — Lisbon, Portugal

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Average day Higher caution advised night

In detail

Covers Anjos, Intendente (Largo do Intendente Pina Manique) and the Avenida Almirante Reis corridor. By day, the parish council asked the city in February 2025 for CCTV cameras citing shop robberies, vehicle break-ins and a documented 5% rise in thefts (2023 vs 2022) concentrated in dense pedestrian streets. By night, Largo do Intendente carries a long, repeatedly documented history of open drug dealing and street prostitution stretching back over a decade, and residents described ongoing violence and insecurity there as recently as October 2023 despite years of municipal redevelopment efforts. Sources checked: Diário de Notícias, 11 Feb 2025 – "Junta lisboeta de Arroios quer videovigilância para garantir mais segurança"; RTP – "Desmantelada principal rede de tráfico de droga no Intendente"; RTP – "População do Intendente em Lisboa continua insegura apesar de intervenção municipal"; Vice Portugal – "'Viene y va': a Lisboa da droga e da prostituição escondida à vista de todos"; CNN Portugal, 5 Oct 2023 – "Habitação. Esta é a história que chocou António Costa. 'Ele levou um murro, nós levámos uma carga de porrada'" (Largo do Intendente); Observador (special report) – "Droga, violência e uma bala perdida. Juntas de Lisboa pedem mais segurança na cidade" (Arroios, thefts +5%).

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This rating comes from a structured local-source assessment. This specific area was reviewed against credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — and the signals were consolidated across sources rather than taken from any single report, with the reasoning and the sources shown above. Lisbon publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does publish one, Wandroz uses it instead of an assessment. Where a review finds nothing documented, that is recorded as no findings rather than as a safety rating.

Frequently asked questions

Is Arroios safe?

Wandroz currently rates Arroios in Lisbon as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Lisbon during the day and an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in Lisbon at night. This comes from a structured local-source assessment: an area-level review of credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — consolidated across sources rather than taken from a single report. Lisbon publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.

Is Arroios safe at night?

At night, Arroios is rated as an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in Lisbon. If you're unsure, it's worth checking recent local reviews for your specific street or block, since a neighbourhood-wide rating can't capture block-by-block variation.

Is Arroios a good area to stay in as a tourist?

Arroios's day rating (roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Lisbon) is the more relevant one for typical daytime tourist activity; check the night rating too if you'll be out late. The Booking.com link on this page searches Arroios itself.

Is there official crime data for Arroios?

Not an official government crime feed — Arroios's rating comes from Wandroz's own current local/national press and survey research for this specific area instead (see the note on this page for what was checked and the sources used). An absence of recent negative coverage is treated as inconclusive, not as proof the area is safe. If you live in or know Arroios well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.

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