Is Bayt Sa`dan safe?
Yemen · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04
Bayt Sa`dan is a city in Yemen, home to about 196k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,489 of 6,168, with a safety score of 45.7 out of 100, which lands it in the middle band of the ranking.
Emergency Ambulance 191 · Fire 191 · Police 199 or 194
- US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Yemen, updated 2025-12-18.
- UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2026-07-31.
- Elevated homicide rate5.81 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 2× the global city median.
- Same-sex activity criminalized - death penalty in lawLaw on the books in Yemen as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.
Deadliest recorded locations nearby
- Al-Jub Hajar area of northwest Al-Dhalea distric and on the Al-Fakher front in the north of Qaataba district30 deaths · 2 events
- border between Hays and Al-Khawkhah districts in southern Hudaydah23 deaths · 2 events
- line of contact in the sectors of al-Thokhab and Habil Yahya in the northeast of al-Hasha district, northwestern areas of the country's southern province of Dhalea20 deaths · 1 event
UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Bayt Sa`dan, 2022-2024, at the locations the source itself names. Conflict deaths, not street crime.
How safe is Bayt Sa`dan really?
No published homicide figure exists for Bayt Sa`dan itself, so the national rate stands in: Yemen recorded 5.8 homicides per 100,000 people in 2013 - roughly 2 times the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Yemen's income inequality is middling (Gini 36.7) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.
Bayt Sa`dan also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 375 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 135 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Al-Jub Hajar area of northwest Al-Dhalea distric and on the Al-Fakher front in the north of Qaataba district (30 deaths), border between Hays and Al-Khawkhah districts in southern Hudaydah (23 deaths), line of contact in the sectors of al-Thokhab and Habil Yahya in the northeast of al-Hasha district, northwestern areas of the country's southern province of Dhalea (20 deaths).
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Yemen at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2025-12-18). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to this country. 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 Yemen
Terrorism in Yemen · Terrorist kidnap · Political situation · Crime · Ramadan · Dress code · Alcohol laws · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Antiquities · Road travel · Driving conditions · Air travel · Sea travel · +2 more
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Yemen — country-level, not specific to Bayt Sa`dan. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 5.8 /100knational rate, 2013 · ~2× the global city median
- Conflict deaths
- 375within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 36.7country, 2014
- Human development
- HDI 0.470country, 2023
- Income
- $3,020/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 196kurban centre · 7,003/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 29.4 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 19/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 24/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 13/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 7.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.32Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 46.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 0.1 doctors /1k0.5 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 52 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Yemen
- Flood
- 5.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 4.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Tsunami
- 3.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Cyclone
- 3.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Earthquake
- 1.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Yemen as a whole, not Bayt Sa`dan specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Yemen, 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 Yemen; none of them affect the safety score.
How the score works
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 Bayt Sa`dan that gives 45.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Bayt Sa`dan compared with Rihab
| Measure | Bayt Sa`dan | Rihab | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 45.7 | 44.0 | +1.7 — better for Bayt Sa`dan |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 5.8 /100k | 5.8 /100k | ±0.0 /100k |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 375 | 696 | −321 — better for Bayt Sa`dan |
Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Yemen, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Rihab →
Nearby cities
- Rihab 44.0
- Dhamar 45.5
- Yarim 44.7
- Zalmat Hubaysh 43.1
- Ma`bar 48.5
- Ar Rijad 43.0
- Shi`b al Ghayl 45.3
- Al `Udayn 42.9
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