Maybe I can help here... I'm a girl and I've been living in an apartment in Poland all alone for the past almost 2 years. I've never lived alone before, so I was little bit afraid at the beginning (esp. being a girl and not knowing the city)... However, I've never (knock knock knock) experienced any problems here and I've never heard of any from my classmates. And let me add one thing - there were plenty of times that I came back home late at night! And honestly, after being here for almost 2 years, I can tell you that I have no problems coming home alone in the middle of the night, while I would never walk the streets alone at night in US! As long as you play safe and don't mess with the wrong crowd (often you can tell right away who they are), you should be fine! Of course, there is no 100% guarantee, because as some of us mentioned before - bad things can happen anywhere. Hope it helps