Arish scores 55 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 4881 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 Arish safe?

Egypt · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

54.6Moderate · rank 4881 / 6,168
safer than 21% of ranked cities

Arish is a city in Egypt, home to about 116k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,881 of 6,168, with a safety score of 54.6 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country

Emergency Ambulance 123 · Fire 180 · Police 122 · Tourist police 126

Armed conflict nearbyUCDP recorded 47,900 deaths from organized violence within 100 km in 2022-2024 (3,956 events). Crime figures do not capture war risk.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country18 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Khan Yunis581 deaths · 50 events
Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza city471 deaths · 1 event
Rafah404 deaths · 42 events

UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Arish, 2022-2024, at the locations the source itself names. Conflict deaths, not street crime.

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Egypt-Libya border
North Sinai
Northern part of South Sinai
Eastern part of Ismailiyah Governorate
Western Desert
Hala’ib Triangle and Bir Tawil Trapezoid
Luxor, Qina, Aswan, Abu Simbel and the Valley of the Kings
the Faiyum Governorate
the coastal areas between the Nile Delta and Marsa Matruh
the Marsa Matruh-Siwa road
the oasis town of Siwa
the Giza Governorate north-east of the Bahariya Oasis
the White Desert and Black Desert
the oasis towns of Bahariya, Farafra, Dakhla (Mut) and Kharga
the following roads and the desert area between them and the Nile valley: the road between Giza and Farafra and within 50km either side of this road (but FCDO advises against all but essential travel on the road between Bahariya and Siwa)
the road between Farafra, Dakhla (Mut) and Kharga
the road between Kharga and Baris
the road between Baris and Luxor

Named in the official UK travel advice for Egypt (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Arish.

How safe is Arish really?

No published homicide figure exists for Arish itself, so the national rate stands in: Egypt recorded 1.3 homicides per 100,000 people in 2017 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Egypt is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 28.5), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.

Crime statistics are not the main story here: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program recorded 47,900 deaths from organized violence - war, armed conflict, militia or cartel fighting - within 100 km of Arish across 3,956 events in 2022-2024. That is active-conflict territory, and ordinary crime figures say nothing about it. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Khan Yunis (581 deaths), Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza city (471 deaths), Rafah (404 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Egypt at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2025-07-14). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 18 specific areas - listed above with the official advisory linked for exact boundaries and exceptions. 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 Egypt

Terrorism in Egypt · Political situation · Sexual assault and harassment · Protecting your belongings · Scammers and touts at tourist sites · Religion · Ramadan · Personal ID · Dress code · Behaviour in public · Alcohol laws · Illegal drugs penalties · Photography and filming restrictions · Drones · +11 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.3 /100knational rate, 2017
Conflict deaths: 47,900within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 28.5country, 2021
Human development: HDI 0.754country, 2023
Income: $19,330/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 116kurban centre · 4,153/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 10.1 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 49/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 44/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 30/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 5.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.62Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 43.1 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 79%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.7 doctors /1k1.1 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Egypt

Flood: 9.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 5.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 4.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 1.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Egypt as a whole, not Arish specifically.

Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Egypt (as of 2025).

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%67

Peace25%0

Equality25%81

Development10%75

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 Arish that gives 54.6/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Arish compared with Khan Yunis

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Arish, red favours Khan Yunis.
Measure	Arish	Khan Yunis	Difference
Safety score	54.6	60.5	−5.9 — better for Khan Yunis
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.3 /100k	0.3 /100k	+1.0 /100k — better for Khan Yunis
Conflict deaths within 100 km	47,900	48,315	−415 — better for Arish
Income inequality (Gini)	28.5	36.4	−7.9 — better for Arish
Human development (HDI)	0.754	0.674	+0.080 — better for Arish
Road deaths	10.1 /100k	5.3 /100k	+4.8 /100k — better for Khan Yunis
Rule of law	44/100	40/100	+4/100 — better for Arish
Corruption perceptions	30/100	no data	—
Air quality (PM2.5)	43.1 µg/m³	22.4 µg/m³	+20.7 µg/m³ — better for Khan Yunis
Natural-hazard risk	5.1/10	6.5/10	−1.4/10 — better for Arish

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Country-level rows describe the two countries, not the cities themselves. Full report for Khan Yunis →

Nearby cities

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