Belgrade scores 78 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2083 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 Belgrade safe?

Serbia · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

77.6High · rank 2083 / 6,168
safer than 66% of ranked cities

Belgrade is a city in Serbia, home to about 1.1M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,083 of 6,168, with a safety score of 77.6 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Emergency All emergencies 112 · Ambulance 194 · Fire 193 · Police 192

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

How safe is Belgrade really?

The most direct evidence is measured in the city itself: Belgrade recorded 1.4 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2022 - well below the global city median. Serbia's income inequality is middling (Gini 32.8) - 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 Serbia at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-08-26). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Serbia 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 Serbia

Terrorism in Serbia · Political situation · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Sporting events · Unexploded landmines and bombs · Personal ID · Illegal drugs · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Road conditions · Car hire · Bringing a vehicle into Serbia · Taxis · +4 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.4 /100kcity-measured, 2022
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 32.8country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.833country, 2023
Income: $31,780/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 1.1Murban centre · 5,871/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 7.5 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 63/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 54/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 33/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.84Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 19.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 75%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.1 doctors /1k5.8 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Serbia

Flood: 7.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 5.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 2.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%66

Peace25%100

Equality25%72

Development10%83

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 Belgrade that gives 77.6/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Belgrade compared with Novi Sad

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Belgrade, red favours Novi Sad.
Measure	Belgrade	Novi Sad	Difference
Safety score	77.6	77.6	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.4 /100k	1.4 /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 Serbia, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Novi Sad →

Nearby cities

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