Brazzaville scores 46 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 5456 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 Brazzaville safe?

Congo · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

46.2Moderate · rank 5456 / 6,168
safer than 12% of ranked cities

Brazzaville is a city in Congo, home to about 3.7M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,456 of 6,168, with a safety score of 46.2 out of 100, which lands it in the middle band of the ranking.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country

UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country1 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
High income inequalityGini 48.9 puts Congo in the most unequal quarter of countries - the strongest structural predictor of city violence in this dataset (street crime and robbery tend to track it).

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Mwanamputu grouping82 deaths · 1 event
Maluku15 deaths · 1 event
Nkana village (Mai-Ndombe), located a few kilometers from the Urbano-Rural commune of Maluku (Kinshasa) on the Congo river.6 deaths · 1 event

UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Brazzaville, 2022-2024, at the locations the source itself names. Conflict deaths, not street crime.

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Republic of Congo-Central African Republic border area in Likouala Region

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

How safe is Brazzaville really?

Neither Brazzaville nor Congo has a published homicide rate in the sources this site uses (UNODC and the Igarapé Homicide Monitor), so the strongest single indicator of city safety is simply missing here. That matters because income inequality is the strongest structural predictor of city violence in this dataset, and Congo's Gini of 48.9 puts it in the most unequal quarter of countries - conditions under which street crime and robbery tend to be a real concern.

Brazzaville also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 107 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 5 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Mwanamputu grouping (82 deaths), Maluku (15 deaths), Nkana village (Mai-Ndombe), located a few kilometers from the Urbano-Rural commune of Maluku (Kinshasa) on the Congo river. (6 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Congo at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2024-10-01). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 1 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 Congo

Political situation · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Vehicle crime · Personal ID · Road travel · Checkpoints · Air travel · Rail travel · Boat travel

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: no data
Conflict deaths: 107within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 48.9country, 2011
Human development: HDI 0.649country, 2023
Income: $6,490/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 3.7Murban centre · 13,248/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 29.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 61/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 37/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 23/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 5.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.58Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 36.5 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 46%of the population, 2021 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.2 doctors /1k1.6 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 221 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Congo

Flood: 7.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%no data

Peace25%49

Equality25%36

Development10%65

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 Brazzaville that gives 46.2/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Brazzaville compared with Kinshasa

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Brazzaville, red favours Kinshasa.
Measure	Brazzaville	Kinshasa	Difference
Safety score	46.2	48.0	−1.8 — better for Kinshasa
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	no data	no data	—
Conflict deaths within 100 km	107	107	±0
Income inequality (Gini)	48.9	44.7	+4.2 — better for Kinshasa
Human development (HDI)	0.649	0.522	+0.127 — better for Brazzaville
Road deaths	29.7 /100k	34.9 /100k	−5.2 /100k — better for Brazzaville
Rule of law	37/100	29/100	+8/100 — better for Brazzaville
Corruption perceptions	23/100	20/100	+3/100 — better for Brazzaville
Air quality (PM2.5)	36.5 µg/m³	35.8 µg/m³	+0.7 µg/m³ — better for Kinshasa
Natural-hazard risk	5.6/10	8.0/10	−2.4/10 — better for Brazzaville

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Country-level rows describe the two countries, not the cities themselves. Full report for Kinshasa →

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