Neighborhoods in Bergen

Bergen is a safe city by international standards, with the lowest violent-crime rate of Norway's big five. Everyday crime is dominated by theft rather than violence, most of it low-level and around the centre. The figures below are for the whole city; they are not broken down by neighborhood, because a single citywide number repeated on every area page would mislead.

• Reported offences per 10,000 residents641Statistics Norway (SSB), table 08487, 2024/25 avg
• Reported violent crime per 10,000 residents81Statistics Norway (SSB), table 08487, 2024/25 avg

The useful distinction is between types. Pickpocketing and bike theft are the common problems, concentrated around the fish market, Bryggen and the nightlife by Ole Bulls plass. Serious violent crime is rare across the central and residential districts where these neighborhoods sit.

One thing to keep in mind when comparing countries: Norwegians have high trust in the police and report a large share of what happens to them, so more crime is recorded here than in places where people do not report. Statistics Norway notes that past rises in recorded violence owed much to greater willingness to report rather than more actual violence. These city rates also count offences where they happen, not where victims live, so a busy centre carries crime against commuters and visitors too.

Norway's crime statistics come from Statistics Norway (SSB). Municipal figures are a 2024 to 2025 rolling average, which SSB uses at city level to smooth year-to-year noise, and are counted where an offence happens rather than where the victim lives. We do not use police designations of problem areas.