Large western residential district, working-class character, generally calm.
Altstetten — Zurich, Switzerland
⚪ Limited-data assessment · district burglary data shown alongside Methodology →
No concerns found day
No concerns found night
In detail
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This is a limited-data assessment. Zurich publishes no neighbourhood-level crime dataset, and this area has not yet had a full source review, so the rating is indicative and is labelled as such rather than presented as evidenced.
Real official data point: Altstetten sits in Kreis 9, one of
Zurich's 12 police districts. Kantonspolizei Zürich recorded an average of
2.36 break-ins a year per 1,000 premises — homes
and workplaces together — in that district
across
3 years (2025, 2024, 2023), 72% of the
12-district average of 3.26 per 1,000 premises.
Workplaces are counted because some districts hold far more of them than residents — Kreis 1 has
5,583 residents and 78,087 jobs — and dividing by residents alone made the old town read as the
worst district in the city, which the counts behind it do not support. This figure is real,
current, and official — but it covers burglaries only (not the full range of crime types) and
is reported at the district level, not for Altstetten specifically, so treat it as directional context for
the wider area rather than a rating of this exact neighbourhood.
Frequently asked questions
Is Altstetten safe?
Wandroz currently rates Altstetten in Zurich as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report, both by day and after dark. This is a limited-data assessment: Zurich publishes no neighbourhood-level crime dataset and this area has not yet had a full source review, so the rating is indicative and labelled as such rather than presented as evidenced.
Is Altstetten safe at night?
At night, Altstetten 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 Altstetten a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Altstetten'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 Altstetten itself.
Is there any official crime data for Altstetten?
Partially. Altstetten sits in Kreis 9, one of Zurich's 12 police districts. Kantonspolizei Zürich publishes a real, current burglary rate for that district — 2.36 break-ins a year per 1,000 premises (homes and workplaces), 72% of the 12-district average. This covers burglaries only, not all crime types, and is reported at district level, not specifically for Altstetten — see the box below for the full figure and caveats. The neighbourhood-wide rating above is still the limited-data assessment described above, not derived from this burglary figure.
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