Geneva - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there personal security concerns to be aware of at this post? Please describe.
Nope. There is some stealing of things, but most people are super rule following, and even return money and wallets on social media sites. - Jun 2022
Having been robbed twice in the US and having had two friends murdered in the Boston area, I feel far safer in both France and Switzerland. I was pickpocketed on a trip to Barcelona, but then that is the pickpocket capital of the world. - Jul 2018
Home burglaries are a problem. I have never heard of a violent one but I know many people whose homes were robbed - especially those who live on a road close to the border with France. In the city you must take the usual precautions against pick pocketing. I have never once felt unsafe. - Mar 2014
Not really. - Mar 2014
Home break-ins in the city and suburbs. - Mar 2013
Yes. There was an armed robbery in my little village at the town post office/bank. The robbers escaped by car, parked in the woods about the distance of two streets away, and then burned their getaway car. Quite a crime for a sleepy little Swiss village on the outskirts of Geneva! I'm told that crime is on the rise. Especially the sort that involves opportunity and an easy getaway in which home owners in summer leave a French door to the patio open, or leave their front doors unlocked, and a robber comes in very quickly while no one is in that room, grabs a purse, cell phone, wallet, then leaves. The fines for this kind of crime, even if caught, are very low, and no one ever goes to jail for it as long as no one was hurt and there was no physical threat. For this same reason, pick pocketing is epidemic. No jail time for it. Just a small fine, if the person is even employed. Then they are back on the street to do it again. - Feb 2012
Geneva has a decent amount of protests; however, they stay in control. Watch out for the gypsies and pickpockets around the train and bus stations. It is Switzerland, but still, always lock all doors and windows in your house if you will be away. Trespassing is apparently accepted here, so using appropriate caution is wise. - Jul 2009
