Favoriten is consistently identified in press coverage as Vienna's highest-crime district by volume: an oe24.at analysis of 2024 police data (April 2025) recorded 26,218 offenses there, more than any other district and well over the 15,114 in second-placed Floridsdorf. Reporting focuses heavily on two adjoining squares, Reumannplatz and Keplerplatz, where a police 'Schutzzone' (protection zone allowing preventive removal of suspected drug offenders) has been in force since October 2022 and remains actively enforced, with a drug-deal arrest there reported as recently as April 2026. Falter (April 2024) and vienna.at (March 2024) documented a spate of knife attacks and stabbings around Reumannplatz, including a soldier stabbed while intervening in a dispute, plus open drug dealing and group tensions a local vendor described as escalating easily into violence; a further Falter report (August 2025) revisited Keplerplatz as an ongoing drug-dealing flashpoint. Away from this specific corridor, the wider district (residential streets, the Favoritenstraße shopping strip) is not singled out in press coverage for particular danger, so daytime risk district-wide reflects the general elevated crime-volume backdrop rather than a specific threat; after dark, the Reumannplatz/Keplerplatz corridor specifically carries a well-documented, repeated pattern of drug dealing and occasional knife violence. Sources checked: oe24.at, 15 Apr 2025 – "Das sind die gefährlichsten Bezirke Wiens – Favoriten schlägt alle"; Falter, 5 Apr 2024 – "Der Reumannplatz ist zum Unort geworden"; vienna.at, 24 Mar 2024 – "Messerattacken, Drogen: Nächtlicher Lokalaugenschein am Wiener Reumannplatz"; meinbezirk.at, 5 Apr 2026 – "Käufer und Verkäufer geschnappt: Drogen-Deal am Reumannplatz von Polizei beobachtet"; vienna.at, 9 Nov 2022 – "Drogenszene: Schutzzone am Wiener Keplerplatz ab Samstag"; Falter, 5 Aug 2025 – "Brennpunkt Wien: Keplerplatz, Drogen, Migration, Polizei, FPÖ".
Favoriten (10. Bezirk) — Vienna, Austria
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Is Favoriten (10. Bezirk) safe?
Wandroz currently rates Favoriten (10. Bezirk) in Vienna as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Vienna during the day and an area where the data suggests extra caution relative 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 Favoriten (10. Bezirk) safe at night?
At night, Favoriten (10. Bezirk) is rated as an area where the data suggests extra caution relative 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 Favoriten (10. Bezirk) a good area to stay in as a tourist?
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Is there official crime data for Favoriten (10. Bezirk)?
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