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The one number a country page can't give you

What people who actually live in Chisinau report

Numbeo aggregates thousands of resident-submitted perception surveys into a per-city Crime Index (higher = worse) and its inverse, a Safety Index — the only real city-granularity crime signal feeding this page, alongside Moldova's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.

Sub-scores

Same real inputs as Moldova's national page, with crime swapped for Chisinau's own Numbeo number above.

Local know-how

Staying safe in Chisinau, specifically

• • Pedestrians should pay attention to the vehicles on the roads, because driving skills tend to be rather poor and no one really follows normal traffic laws.
• • Crime is relatively low although usual precautions apply.
• • When entering some buildings at night, you will have to walk through unlit alleyways.
• • Watch out about nightlife: the U.S. State Department warns about Russian dating schemes being also common in Moldova and another kind of financial scams. However, the average backpacker has very little to worry about…
• • There is occasional police corruption aimed at foreigners.
• • Stray dogs are increasingly problematic in the city, with control of the population getting out of hand in the late 2010s.

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The little things that trip people up

How this compares to Moldova

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Chisinau at 59/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Moldova's national picture overall (61/100 vs 61/100).