Paris is the city where you're most likely to fall victim to pickpockets.
It accounts for a whopping 16.5 per cent of all theft-related reviews from the last year, as revealed in a new study. The research looked into over 13,000 Google reviews - looking specifically for words including pickpocket, robbery, and fraud - to discover which cities leave visitors feeling safe, and the ones that could be risky.
Areas that are typically popular with tourists, including the Eiffel Tower and Montmartre are hotspots for opportunistic theft. Other scams include fake charity or petition tricksters who seek out donations from tourists for an organisation that in reality, does not exist. Pickpocketing proved to be the most common type of theft in Paris, accounting for 29.8 per cent of review mentions in the research, conducted by Radical Storage.
Rome ranked second in the list, making up 10.7 per cent of theft-related reviews. It might not be surprising, however, as the Italian capital saw a 68 per cent increase in pickpocketing crimes from 2019 to 2024.
Meanwhile, Barcelona placed third with 5.3 per cent of theft-related reviews.
Bangkok ranked fourth, followed by Orlando and Istanbul in joint fifth place, and New York City in seventh.
1. Paris, France - 16.5%
2. Rome, Italy - 10.7%
3. Barcelona, Spain - 5.3%
4. Bangkok, Thailand - 4.4%
5. Orlando, USA - 4.3%
5. Istanbul, Turkey - 4.3%
7. New York City, USA - 3.5%
8. Milan, Italy - 3.0%
9. Las Vegas, USA - 2.2%
10. Delhi, India - 1.9%
