Brikama scores 72 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 3231 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 Brikama safe?

Gambia · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

71.5High · rank 3231 / 6,168
safer than 48% of ranked cities

Brikama is a city in Gambia, home to about 184k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 3,231 of 6,168, with a safety score of 71.5 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Gambia as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.

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

How safe is Brikama really?

Neither Brikama nor Gambia 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. Gambia's income inequality is middling (Gini 38.8) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Brikama 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 Gambia at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-01-15). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Gambia 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 Gambia

Terrorism in The Gambia · Political situation · Protecting your belongings · Local travel · Ramadan · Personal ID · Public offences · Detainment · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · LGBT+ travellers · Money · Road travel · Driving conditions · River travel · +3 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: no data
Conflict deaths: 1within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 38.8country, 2020
Human development: HDI 0.524country, 2023
Income: $3,660/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 184kurban centre · 6,356/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 29.6 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 66/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 50/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 37/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 4.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.53Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 38.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 48%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.1 doctors /1k1.1 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 75 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Gambia

Flood: 4.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 1.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Gambia (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%no data

Peace25%92

Equality25%58

Development10%52

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 Brikama that gives 71.5/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Brikama compared with Serrekunda

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Brikama, red favours Serrekunda.
Measure	Brikama	Serrekunda	Difference
Safety score	71.5	71.5	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	no data	no data	—
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1	1	±0

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Gambia, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Serrekunda →

Nearby cities

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