Brest scores 80 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 1894 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 Brest safe?

Belarus · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

79.6High · rank 1894 / 6,168
safer than 69% of ranked cities

Brest is a city in Belarus, home to about 369k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 1,894 of 6,168, with a safety score of 79.6 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.

US 4/4 Do not travel UK FCDO advises against all travel to this country

Emergency Ambulance 103 · Fire 101 · Police 102

US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Belarus, updated 2025-12-21.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2026-05-11.

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

How safe is Brest really?

No published homicide figure exists for Brest itself, so the national rate stands in: Belarus recorded 1.5 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Belarus is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 24.4), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.

Brest 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 Belarus at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2025-12-21). 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 Belarus

Terrorism in Belarus · Political situation · Risk of arrest and detention · Military service · Russian military activity · Crime · Belarus-Russia border · Belarus-Ukraine border · Belarus-Poland border · Belarus-Lithuania border · Latvian border · Road travel · Tolls · Road conditions · +10 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.5 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 1within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 24.4country, 2020
Human development: HDI 0.824country, 2023
Income: $34,310/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 369kurban centre · 5,683/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 7.6 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 59/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 36/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 31/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.74Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 12.0 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 93%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 4.7 doctors /1k9.8 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Belarus

Flood: 5.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 1.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%64

Peace25%92

Equality25%90

Development10%82

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 Brest that gives 79.6/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Brest compared with Warsaw

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Brest, red favours Warsaw.
Measure	Brest	Warsaw	Difference
Safety score	79.6	86.6	−7.0 — better for Warsaw
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.5 /100k	0.6 /100k	+0.9 /100k — better for Warsaw
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1	0	+1 — better for Warsaw
Income inequality (Gini)	24.4	28.5	−4.1 — better for Brest
Human development (HDI)	0.824	0.906	−0.082 — better for Warsaw
Road deaths	7.6 /100k	9.4 /100k	−1.8 /100k — better for Brest
Rule of law	36/100	67/100	−31/100 — better for Warsaw
Corruption perceptions	31/100	53/100	−22/100 — better for Warsaw
Air quality (PM2.5)	12.0 µg/m³	16.5 µg/m³	−4.5 µg/m³ — better for Brest
Natural-hazard risk	2.4/10	2.4/10	±0.0/10

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 Warsaw →

Nearby cities

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