Batumi scores 73 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 3107 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 Batumi safe?

Georgia · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

72.6High · rank 3107 / 6,168
safer than 50% of ranked cities

Batumi is a city in Georgia, home to about 162k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 3,107 of 6,168, with a safety score of 72.6 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country

Emergency 112 (ambulance, fire, police)

UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country3 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

South Ossetia and Abkhazia
South Ossetia
Abkhazia

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

How safe is Batumi really?

No published homicide figure exists for Batumi itself, so the national rate stands in: Georgia recorded 2.0 homicides per 100,000 people in 2019 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Georgia's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.9) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Batumi also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 1 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 1 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Georgia at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2025-03-12). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 3 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 Georgia

Terrorism in Georgia · Political situation · Drink spiking · Personal ID · Dress codes and behaviour in public · Money · Illegal drugs · Using cameras · Using Drones · LGBT+ travellers · Surrogacy · Trade with South Ossetia and Abkhazia · Outdoor activities and adventure tourism · Taxis · +5 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 2.0 /100knational rate, 2019
Conflict deaths: 1within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 33.9country, 2024
Human development: HDI 0.844country, 2023
Income: $27,570/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 162kurban centre · 6,016/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 12.4 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 55/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 60/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 50/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.80Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 18.6 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 71%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 5.6 doctors /1k4.0 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Georgia

Earthquake: 7.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 6.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 5.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%59

Peace25%92

Equality25%69

Development10%84

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 Batumi that gives 72.6/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Batumi compared with Kutaisi

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Batumi, red favours Kutaisi.
Measure	Batumi	Kutaisi	Difference
Safety score	72.6	74.5	−1.9 — better for Kutaisi
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	2.0 /100k	2.0 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1	0	+1 — better for Kutaisi

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

Nearby cities

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