The eastern half of the city south of the Sava, with the lake at Bundek and the Museum of Contemporary Art. 879 recorded offences in 2025, sixth highest, on one of the larger populations. Residential, with little to bring a visitor across the river.
Novi Zagreb - istok — Zagreb, Croatia
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No concerns found day
No concerns found night
In detail
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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. Zagreb 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 Novi Zagreb - istok safe?
Wandroz currently rates Novi Zagreb - istok in Zagreb as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report, both by day and after dark. 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. Zagreb publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.
Is Novi Zagreb - istok safe at night?
At night, Novi Zagreb - istok is rated as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report. 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 Novi Zagreb - istok a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Novi Zagreb - istok'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. Note that the Booking.com link on this page searches Zagreb, not Novi Zagreb - istok specifically: Booking does not list this neighbourhood as a destination of its own, so check each property's address against the map above.
Is there official crime data for Novi Zagreb - istok?
Not an official government crime feed — Novi Zagreb - istok'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 Novi Zagreb - istok well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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