Contemporary Issues of Warsaw

As in other large cities, crime is a significant concern in Warsaw.

The city has become a stage on drug-smuggling routes.

Small-scale gang warfare and bombings were a steady feature of the 1990s and even appeared to reach a new level of intensity when a former chief of police was murdered outside his home in early 1998.

The huge increase in automobile ownership has also become a source of problems.

Serious congestion, pollution, and injury from accidents (roads are poor and driving is often reckless) have all increased.