Asuncion scores 57 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 4723 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 Asuncion safe?

Paraguay · South America · data updated 2026-09-04

56.7Moderate · rank 4723 / 6,168
safer than 23% of ranked cities

Asuncion is a city in Paraguay, home to about 1.3M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,723 of 6,168, with a safety score of 56.7 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency Ambulance 141 · Fire 132 · Police 911

Elevated homicide rate10 homicides per 100,000 per year (city-measured), about 4× the global city median.

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

How safe is Asuncion really?

The most direct evidence is measured in the city itself: Asuncion recorded 10 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2023 - roughly 4 times the global city median. Paraguay's income inequality is middling (Gini 44.2) - 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 Paraguay at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-08-18). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Paraguay 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 Paraguay

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 10 /100kcity-measured, 2023 · ~4× the global city median
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 44.2country, 2024
Human development: HDI 0.756country, 2023
Income: $19,390/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 1.3Murban centre · 3,345/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 22.0 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 65/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 47/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 24/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.77Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 15.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 64%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.9 doctors /1k1.0 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Paraguay

Flood: 5.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%31

Peace25%100

Equality25%46

Development10%76

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 Asuncion that gives 56.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Asuncion compared with Coronel Oviedo

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Asuncion, red favours Coronel Oviedo.
Measure	Asuncion	Coronel Oviedo	Difference
Safety score	56.7	59.3	−2.6 — better for Coronel Oviedo
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	10 /100k	6.9 /100k	+3.1 /100k — better for Coronel Oviedo
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

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

Nearby cities

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