Is Bharatpur safe?
Nepal · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04
Bharatpur is a city in Nepal, home to about 161k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,956 of 6,168, with a safety score of 74.1 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.
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No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Nepal are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Bharatpur really?
No published homicide figure exists for Bharatpur itself, so the national rate stands in: Nepal recorded 2.1 homicides per 100,000 people in 2020 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Nepal is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 30.0), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Nepal at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-03-30). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Nepal 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 Nepal
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Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Nepal — country-level, not specific to Bharatpur. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 2.1 /100knational rate, 2020
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 30.0country, 2022
- Human development
- HDI 0.622country, 2023
- Income
- $6,250/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 161kurban centre · 3,938/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 16.3 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 59/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 52/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 34/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 5.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.63Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 53.2 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 17%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 1.0 doctors /1k0.5 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Nepal
- Earthquake
- 9.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Flood
- 6.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 3.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Nepal as a whole, not Bharatpur specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Nepal (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Nepal; 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 Bharatpur that gives 74.1/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Bharatpur compared with Kathmandu
| Measure | Bharatpur | Kathmandu | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 74.1 | 74.1 | ±0.0 |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 2.1 /100k | 2.1 /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 Nepal, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Kathmandu →
Nearby cities
- Narkatiaganj, India 75.5
- Bagaha, India 75.5
- Pokhara 74.1
- Pokhariya 74.1
- Lauria Nandangarh, India 75.5
- Sitāpur 74.1
- Kathmandu 74.1
- Raxaul, India 75.5
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