Donaustadt is Vienna's largest district by area, dominated by the Donauinsel recreation strip, Kagran/Stadlau housing areas and UNO City, and press coverage found no particular daytime safety concern for visitors to these areas. Between January and April 2024, a gang of Austrian teenagers (14-17) carried out 45 forced break-ins at shops, bakeries and pizzerias in the Stadlau/Neu-Kagran area before being caught (vienna.at, 2024) — a property-crime pattern rather than a threat to travellers. On the Donauinsel itself, incidents are occasional and quickly resolved: in August 2026 a 30-year-old was threatened with a knife and had his e-scooter stolen late at night, with the suspect arrested nearby within a short time (meinbezirk.at, Aug 2026). The annual Donauinselfest draws a large security operation (hundreds of officers, 297 reports and 17 arrests over three days in 2025), which police called a largely orderly, safe event (ORF, Jun 2025). Sources checked: vienna.at, "Teenie-Bande in Wien-Donaustadt nach Einbruchsserie geschnappt" (2024); meinbezirk.at, "Nach Messer-Überfall auf Donauinsel schnappt Polizei Täter schnell" (22 Aug 2026); wien.ORF.at, "Donauinselfest: 17 Festnahmen, 297 Anzeigen" (23 Jun 2025).
Donaustadt (22. Bezirk) — Vienna, Austria
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Is Donaustadt (22. Bezirk) safe?
Wandroz currently rates Donaustadt (22. Bezirk) in Vienna as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report during the day and roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Vienna 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. Vienna publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.
Is Donaustadt (22. Bezirk) safe at night?
At night, Donaustadt (22. Bezirk) is rated as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Vienna. 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 Donaustadt (22. Bezirk) a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Donaustadt (22. Bezirk)'s day rating (an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report) 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 Donaustadt (22. Bezirk) itself.
Is there official crime data for Donaustadt (22. Bezirk)?
Not an official government crime feed — Donaustadt (22. Bezirk)'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 Donaustadt (22. Bezirk) well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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