Croatia is a safe country to visit; the bullets stopped flying many years ago (see more on the Homeland War).No trip is entirely risk-free of course, but Croatia is generally as safe as Europe and North America (if not more so). Not that Croatia is a crime-free paradise!Government corruption remains a problem; roads link Croatia to some of Europe's dodgier corners which facilitates smuggling; disenchanted young people fuel a burgeoning drug trade (despite stiff penalties for drug possession).ot that Croatia is a crime-free paradise! Government corruption remains a problem; roads link Croatia to some of Europe's dodgier corners which facilitates smuggling; disenchanted young people fuel a burgeoning drug trade (despite stiff penalties for drug possession).