Go, but pay attention.
Poland's sketch score hit 80 today, a 6-point jump that demands extra attention. Stick to the US, UK, and Canadian level 1 advisories while watching for global polio and measles notices.
Governments, one trip
What they're telling their own citizens about Poland
The real score
The breakdown
See it from your perspective
Go, but pay attention.
The general Sketch Score, unweighted for any specific traveler.
Don't fall for it
Scams to know
Pickpocketing
Pickpockets operate in crowded areas including stations, buses, trains, clubs, and airports. Keep an eye on your belongings at all times, especially during security checks.
Sleeper train theft
Bag robberies occur on sleeper trains between major stations. Lock backpacks to luggage racks, keep valuables on your person, and demand ID from anyone requesting your ticket or passport.
Staying healthy
What to watch out for, health-wise
Active notices
- • Global Polio
- • Global Measles
Vaccines
Recommended:
From people who've been there
Local know-how
Staying safe
- •The European unified emergency number 112 is being deployed in Poland. By now, it certainly works for all mobile-phone calls and most land-line calls.
- •There are also three "old" emergency numbers that are still in use for land-lines. These are: Ambulance (Pogotowie): 999, Firefighters (Straż Pożarna): 998, and Police (Policja): 997.
- •Municipal Guards (Straż Miejska), dial 986, is a kind of auxiliary Police force found only in large cities.
- •Theft: Poland is generally a safe country.
- •In cities, follow standard city travel rules: don't leave valuables in the car in plain sight; don't display money or expensive things needlessly; know where you're going; be suspicious of strangers asking for money or trying to sell you something.
- •Pickpockets operate, pay attention to your belongings in crowds, at stations, in crowded trains and buses, and clubs.
Staying healthy
- •Tap water is safe to drink in entire Poland.
Adapted from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA — edited by travelers, not us.
Pack this, know this
The little things that trip people up
Plug & voltage
C / E · 230V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 997 or 112 / ambulance: 999 or 112 / fire: 998 or 112
Zoom in
6 Poland cities on SKETCH.WORLD
Real, resident-submitted Numbeo crime data at the city level — the same national picture above, with crime swapped for what people who actually live there report.
Show the receipts (11 sources)
- us-state — observed 2026-07-12
- uk-fcdo — observed 2026-07-12
- ca-gac — observed 2026-07-12
- worldbank-political — observed 2026-07-12
- worldbank-policeTrust — observed 2026-07-12
- cdc-health — observed 2026-07-12
- wikivoyage — observed 2026-07-12
- reddit — observed 2026-07-12
- unodc — observed 2026-07-12
- acled-hdx — observed 2026-07-12
- lgbtq-legal-wikipedia — observed 2026-07-12