Al Wakrah scores 90 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 93 of 6168 cities worldwide. The score combines the homicide rate, nearby conflict deaths, income equality and human development from published data (UNODC, UCDP, World Bank, UNDP).

Is Al Wakrah safe?

Qatar · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

90.5Very high · rank 93 / 6,168
safer than 99% of ranked cities

Al Wakrah is a city in Qatar, home to about 111k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 93 of 6,168, with a safety score of 90.5 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.

US 3/4 Reconsider travel

Emergency 999 (ambulance, fire, police)

US State Department: Reconsider travelOfficial travel advisory level 3 of 4 for Qatar, updated 2026-08-27.
Same-sex activity criminalized - death penalty in lawLaw on the books in Qatar as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.

No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Qatar are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.

How safe is Al Wakrah really?

No published homicide figure exists for Al Wakrah itself, so the national rate stands in: Qatar recorded 0.1 homicides per 100,000 people in 2022 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Qatar's income inequality is middling (Gini 35.1) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Qatar at level 3 of 4 - "Reconsider travel" (updated 2026-08-27). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Qatar without any avoid-travel warning in force. Both advisories are country-level: no official source publishes verified neighborhood-level crime guidance for individual cities, which is why this page reports named areas only where an official source names them.

What to watch out for in Qatar

Terrorism in Qatar · Political situation · Sexual assault · Religion · Personal ID · Dress code · Ramadan · Alcohol laws and bans · Relationships outside marriage · LGBT+ travellers · Protests · Swearing and rude gestures · Smoking and e-cigarette bans · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · +8 more

Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Qatar — country-level, not specific to Al Wakrah. Read what each one says →

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.1 /100knational rate, 2022
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 35.1country, 2017
Human development: HDI 0.886country, 2023
Income: $126,290/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 111kurban centre · 3,713/km²
Nearest airport: 11 kmDoha International Airport (DIA) · also DOH, 12 km

Straight-line distance from the city centre, not drive time. Scheduled-service airports only (OurAirports).

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 7.3 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 82/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 67/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 58/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 1.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.72Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 107.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 95%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.0 doctors /1k1.3 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Qatar

Drought: 5.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Qatar as a whole, not Al Wakrah specifically.

Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Qatar, with the death penalty applying in law (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.

All country-level figures shared by every city in Qatar; none of them affect the safety score.

How the score works

Low homicide40%100

Peace25%100

Equality25%66

Development10%89

One fixed, calibrated mix for every city: 40% homicide · 25% peace · 25% equality · 10% HDI. Homicide and conflict deaths are measured outcomes; income inequality carries the structural share because it predicts real city violence far better than national income (which is shown above but scored at zero). Each factor maps to 0-100 against fixed anchors, missing data drops out and is never estimated, and cities with data behind less than half the weighting get “no data” instead of a score. For Al Wakrah that gives 90.5/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Al Wakrah compared with Doha

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Al Wakrah, red favours Doha.
Measure	Al Wakrah	Doha	Difference
Safety score	90.5	90.5	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.1 /100k	0.1 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Qatar, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Doha →

Nearby cities

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