The safest districts of Ostrava
How much violence, theft and burglary the police record in each city district of Ostrava, per resident. Where it is calmest, where visitors push the figures up and how to read them.
How we read the figures
The Czech Police publish where they record crimes and offences. We add up violence, theft and burglary, which is what people notice most at home and in the street, and convert it to cases per 1,000 residents a year. That makes a large housing estate comparable with a small outer district.
Districts with the fewest cases per resident
Fewest cases per resident: Violence, theft and burglary
- 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year Proskovice
- 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year Krásné Pole
- 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year Polanka nad Odrou
- 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year Michálkovice
- 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year Petřkovice
- 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year Hošťálkovice
- 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year Poruba
- 7.7 per 1,000 residents a year Nová Bělá
- 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year Lhotka
- 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year Stará Bělá
All of Ostrava: 16,2 cases per 1,000 residents a year.
Ostrava’s safety map by kind of crime →Where there are the most cases per resident
Most cases per resident: Violence, theft and burglary
- 55.3 per 1,000 residents a year Třebovice
- 41.3 per 1,000 residents a year Moravská Ostrava a Přívoz
- 32.8 per 1,000 residents a year Vítkovice
- 24.1 per 1,000 residents a year Nová Ves
- 21.1 per 1,000 residents a year Svinov
All of Ostrava: 16,2 cases per 1,000 residents a year.
Ostrava’s safety map by kind of crime →The centre and districts with a main station, a shopping centre or nightlife tend to be at the top here. A theft in a shopping centre counts where the centre stands, even if neither the thief nor the victim lives there. In a small district of a few thousand residents one such place is enough to push the figure up.
Burglaries of flats and houses
For housing, the risk of burglary matters most. It differs between districts in another way than crime overall:
Fewest cases per resident: Burglary of flats and houses
- 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year Plesná
- 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year Proskovice
- 0.3 per 1,000 residents a year Michálkovice
- 0.3 per 1,000 residents a year Poruba
- 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year Hošťálkovice
- 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year Petřkovice
- 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year Ostrava-Jih
- 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year Lhotka
- 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year Krásné Pole
- 1.0 per 1,000 residents a year Moravská Ostrava a Přívoz
All of Ostrava: 0,8 cases per 1,000 residents a year.
Ostrava’s safety map by kind of crime →What to check for a particular flat
- The street in the evening: walk from the stop to the house after dark. Lighting and whether the street is lively tell you more than a district average.
- Entrance and cellar: a locked front door, a bike room and cellars behind a second door. Cellar break-ins and bike thefts are the most common in blocks of flats.
- Parking: thefts from cars concentrate on large unguarded car parks. Ask the neighbours.
- Surroundings: an all-night gambling bar, a big shopping centre or a station round the corner raise the number of cases nearby more than anything else.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Ostrava safest?
The ranking on this page orders the city districts by violence, theft and burglary per 1,000 residents over the last year. The outer districts of family houses tend to have the fewest cases, the centre and places with big shops the most.
Why does the centre come out worse?
A case counts where it happened but is divided only by the people who live there. People from the whole city and around come to the centre for work, shopping and nights out, so there are more cases per resident than actually concern the residents.
Where do the data come from?
From the open data of the Czech Police crime map: recorded crimes and offences of the last twelve months, without acts that did not happen or are not crimes. The police publish places only roughly, so we count whole districts, not streets.
