Is Poland safe in 2026?
Poland scores 87.3/100 on the live safety index — very safe. The main pressure on the score comes from military conflict, political instability, economy. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 86.8/100).
87.3 /100very safe
30-day trend
Poland's score fell by −1.1 over the last 30 days (88.4 → 87.3).
Threat breakdown
| Category | Pressure | Score / cap |
|---|---|---|
| Military conflict | 6.5 / 30 | |
| Political instability | 2.3 / 15 | |
| Economy | 1.2 / 8 | |
| Crime | 2.0 / 15 | |
| Ecology | 0.1 / 1 | |
| Natural disasters | 0.3 / 5 | |
| Public health | 0.1 / 3 | |
| Nuclear risk | 0.3 / 12 | |
| Internet freedom | 0.1 / 7 | |
| Sanctions | 0.0 / 4 |
Higher category scores mean more threat pressure; each category is capped by its weight in the 0–100 index. How scores are computed.
Official travel advisory
1 Exercise Normal Precautions
The U.S. State Department places Poland at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 87.3/100. That advisory was last revised Jun 5, 2025, 453 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Jun 5, 2025. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- End of CPN, fueling troubles. Some stations ran out of fuel
- Teachers take to the streets. Protest in front of the Prime Minister's Office
- Bad news from the capital. Record low level of the Vistula River
- Attack by a patient at a hospital in Częstochowa. Four people injured
- There are new regulations for municipal salt graduation towers. They contain no warning about contaminated brine
- Zakopane refuses to register same-sex marriages. “Legal chaos”
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 86.8/100 (generated )
Fuel disruption, GPS interference, protests, and violence reinforce the downward momentum.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Poland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 87.3 | — | |
| Czech Republic | 92.6 | +5.4 | |
| Slovakia | 89.8 | +2.6 | |
| Lithuania | 89.8 | +2.5 | |
| Hungary | 86.8 | −0.5 | |
| Austria | 95.5 | +8.3 |