Floridsdorf's press coverage clusters heavily around the area of Floridsdorf railway station and the adjacent Wasserpark. In May 2025, two youths fired shots (from what turned out to be a blank-firing pistol) while chasing someone through the skatepark near the station, drawing a large WEGA response (ORF, 31 May 2025). In August 2025, a 33-year-old man was stabbed twice with life-threatening injuries near the Wasserpark in a dispute among people from the homeless community; a 19-year-old suspect was arrested days later (meinbezirk.at, Aug 2025). In November 2025 a 27-year-old was shot in both legs on Sandrockgasse by a 52-year-old acquaintance with legally owned firearms (ORF, 24 Nov 2025). Street-level drug dealing near the station continues to be an enforcement focus, with a task-force operation in December 2025 netting a 17-year-old dealer, three buyers, cash and roughly 400g of cocaine (vienna.at, Dec 2025). Away from this station/park cluster, no comparable pattern of incidents was found. Sources checked: wien.ORF.at, "Schüsse und Rufe in Skaterpark" (31 May 2025); meinbezirk.at, "Im Wasserpark Floridsdorf: Tatverdächtiger nach Mordversuch festgenommen" (Aug 2025); wien.ORF.at, "Ein Verletzter nach Schüssen in Floridsdorf" (24 Nov 2025); vienna.at, "Drogendealer in Wien-Floridsdorf auf frischer Tat ertappt" (4 Dec 2025).
Floridsdorf (21. Bezirk) — Vienna, Austria
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Is Floridsdorf (21. Bezirk) safe?
Wandroz currently rates Floridsdorf (21. 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 Floridsdorf (21. Bezirk) safe at night?
At night, Floridsdorf (21. 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 Floridsdorf (21. Bezirk) a good area to stay in as a tourist?
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Is there official crime data for Floridsdorf (21. Bezirk)?
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