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Safest Countries for Personal Safety & Low Crime 2026

Ranking 229 countries by homicide, petty crime, organized crime, kidnapping risk and women’s safety.

#	Country	Score
1	Niue	87.9
2	Norway	87.5
3	Monaco	86.7
4	San Marino	86.7
5	Iceland	86.7
6	Faroe Islands	86.7
7	Japan	85
8	Finland	84.9
9	Tuvalu	84.7
10	Liechtenstein	84.1
11	Brunei	84
12	Singapore	83.9
13	Andorra	83.4
14	Qatar	82.9
15	Switzerland	82.9
16	Oman	82.8
17	Estonia	82.3
18	Cook Islands	82
19	Wallis and Futuna	81.8
20	United Arab Emirates	81.7
21	Denmark	81.6
22	Luxembourg	81.5
23	Korea Republic	81.2
24	Czech Republic	81
25	Sweden	80.9
26	Austria	80.8
27	Bhutan	80.6
28	Hong Kong	80.2
29	Bahrain	79.9
30	Chinese Taipei	79.8
31	Nauru	79.8
32	Tonga	79.5
33	Croatia	79.5
34	Slovenia	79.3
35	New Zealand	79.1
36	Kuwait	79
37	Maldives	78.8
38	Gibraltar	78.4
39	Montserrat	78.4
40	Slovakia	78.3
41	Australia	78.3
42	Micronesia	78.3
43	Hungary	78.1
44	Macau	78
45	Greenland	77.6
46	Ireland	77.2
47	Vanuatu	77.2
48	Mauritius	77.1
49	Georgia	76.7
50	Netherlands	76.7
51	Armenia	76.5
52	Germany	76.3
53	Poland	76.2
54	Marshall Islands	76.1
55	Portugal	75.8
56	Saudi Arabia	75.8
57	Cyprus	75.7
58	Samoa	75.5
59	American Samoa	75.4
60	Palau	75
61	Lithuania	75
62	Tahiti	75
63	Jordan	74.7
64	Canada	74.3
65	Rwanda	74.2
66	Malta	74
67	Romania	74
68	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	74
69	Kiribati	73.8
70	Latvia	73.8
71	São Tomé and Príncipe	73.8
72	Fiji	73.7
73	China	73.6
74	Seychelles	73.2
75	United Kingdom	72.7
76	New Caledonia	72.5
77	Aruba	72.3
78	Malaysia	72.1
79	Belgium	72.1
80	Azerbaijan	71.9
81	Kazakhstan	71.7
82	Spain	71.6
83	Uzbekistan	71.6
84	Réunion	71.4
85	Montenegro	71.1
86	Cayman Islands	71
87	Greece	70.6
88	Bermuda	70.6
89	Vietnam	70.5
90	Northern Mariana Islands	70.3
91	Senegal	70.2
92	France	70.2
93	Moldova	69.9
94	Barbados	69.9
95	Sri Lanka	69.8
96	Italy	69.6
97	Mongolia	69.4
98	Uruguay	69.3
99	North Macedonia	69.1
100	Guam	68.6
101	Indonesia	68.3
102	British Virgin Islands	68.2
103	Laos	68
104	Cuba	68
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67.6
106	Serbia	67.5
107	Gambia	67.4
108	Kyrgyzstan	67.3
109	Martinique	67.2
110	Malawi	67.2
111	Bulgaria	67.2
112	Turkmenistan	67.1
113	Tunisia	67.1
114	Zanzibar	67
115	Morocco	67
116	Kosovo	66.8
117	Tajikistan	66.8
118	Egypt	66.6
119	Albania	66.6
120	Timor-Leste	66.5
121	Algeria	66.4
122	Cape Verde	66.1
123	Solomon Islands	66.1
124	Djibouti	66.1
125	Grenada	65.8
126	Antigua and Barbuda	65.7
127	Nepal	65.7
128	Guadeloupe	65.1
129	Belarus	65
130	Comoros	65
131	Chile	65
132	Benin	64.5
133	Mauritania	64.4
134	United States	63.6
135	Cambodia	63
136	Togo	63
137	Western Sahara	62.9
138	Anguilla	62.2
139	Mayotte	62.2
140	Sierra Leone	62.1
141	Bangladesh	61.9
142	Thailand	60.9
143	Ghana	60.7
144	Guinea-Bissau	60.6
145	Turkey	60.5
146	Dominica	60.3
147	Botswana	60.3
148	Gabon	60.2
149	Russia	59.7
150	Namibia	59.6
151	Argentina	59.4
152	Liberia	59.4
153	Angola	59.4
154	India	59
155	Sint Maarten	59
156	French Guiana	58.5
157	Iran	58.4
158	Lebanon	58.3
159	Curacao	58
160	Paraguay	57.9
161	Ivory Coast	57.8
162	Congo	57.8
163	Burundi	57.7
164	Israel	57.6
165	Zambia	57.1
166	Equatorial Guinea	57.1
167	Suriname	56.7
168	Ukraine	56.7
169	Costa Rica	56.2
170	Bolivia	56.1
171	Swaziland	56
172	Burkina Faso	56
173	Mozambique	55.9
174	Korea DPR	55.5
175	Palestine	55.5
176	Tanzania	55.4
177	Eritrea	55.3
178	Madagascar	55.2
179	Nicaragua	54.9
180	Philippines	54.9
181	Panama	54.8
182	Ethiopia	54.8
183	Puerto Rico	54.5
184	Saint-Martin	54.4
185	Dominican Republic	54.1
186	Cameroon	53.8
187	Guinea	53.5
188	Zimbabwe	52.7
189	Niger	52.5
190	El Salvador	52.2
191	Bahamas	51.9
192	Peru	51.7
193	Pakistan	51.7
194	Papua New Guinea	50.7
195	Chad	50.5
196	Myanmar	50.4
197	Saint Lucia	50.2
198	Kenya	50.1
199	Uganda	49.4
200	Libya	48.4
201	Mali	48.2
202	Sudan	48.1
203	Iraq	47.9
204	Guyana	47.5
205	Syria	47.4
206	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	47
207	Nigeria	45.7
208	Lesotho	45.7
209	Belize	45.6
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44.6
211	U.S. Virgin Islands	43.1
212	Brazil	43
213	Afghanistan	43
214	Trinidad and Tobago	42.7
215	Yemen	42.4
216	Guatemala	40.6
217	Somalia	39.9
218	Congo DR	39.4
219	Colombia	39.3
220	Turks and Caicos Islands	39.1
221	South Sudan	38.9
222	Venezuela	38.7
223	Central African Republic	37.6
224	Honduras	36.8
225	Ecuador	36.5
226	South Africa	36.3
227	Mexico	35.1
228	Jamaica	34
229	Haiti	30

How the Safety Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across six indicators. Nomadino calculates: Safety score = homicide rate × 0.28 + petty crime × 0.20 + women's safety × 0.19 + organized crime × 0.17 + kidnapping risk × 0.09 + blood alcohol limit × 0.07.

Homicide rate: 28%
Petty crime: 20%
Women's safety: 19%
Organized crime: 17%
Kidnapping risk: 9%
Blood alcohol limit: 7%

The homicide rate receives the highest weight because lethal violence is especially severe and comparatively robust across countries. Petty crime is weighted strongly because it affects everyday life, public spaces, travel and longer stays directly. Women's safety remains a separate core factor because general crime indicators do not reliably show how safe streets, nightlife, public space and institutional protection are for women. Organized crime is weighted clearly because it can structurally reinforce violence, extortion, corruption and weak protection. Kidnapping risk is weighted lower, despite its severity, because it is rarer and partly overlaps methodologically with organized crime, conflict and terrorism risk. The blood alcohol limit is included only at a low weight: it is a traffic-safety and rule indicator, but should not displace violence and crime risks.