Dapaong scores 42 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 5728 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 Dapaong safe?

Togo · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

41.6Moderate · rank 5728 / 6,168
safer than 7% of ranked cities

Dapaong is a city in Togo, home to about 243k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,728 of 6,168, with a safety score of 41.6 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.

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

Emergency Ambulance 8200 · Fire 118 · Police 117 or 177

Armed conflict nearbyUCDP recorded 2,120 deaths from organized violence within 100 km in 2022-2024 (204 events). Crime figures do not capture war risk.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country3 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Togo as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

#Napadé ( #Koulpélogo , #Centre_Est )149 deaths · 1 event
several villages in Kompienga province (East region) Kpadiari, Nadiagou and Tindangou130 deaths · 3 events
#Soudougui (near)129 deaths · 1 event

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

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Togo-Burkina Faso border
Savanes Region
the city of Dapaong and the N1 highway leading to it from the south.

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

How safe is Dapaong really?

Neither Dapaong nor Togo 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. Togo's income inequality is middling (Gini 37.9) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Crime statistics are not the main story here: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program recorded 2,120 deaths from organized violence - war, armed conflict, militia or cartel fighting - within 100 km of Dapaong across 204 events in 2022-2024. That is active-conflict territory, and ordinary crime figures say nothing about it. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were #Napadé ( #Koulpélogo , #Centre_Est ) (149 deaths), several villages in Kompienga province (East region) Kpadiari, Nadiagou and Tindangou (130 deaths), #Soudougui (near) (129 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Togo at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-03-08). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 3 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 Togo

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: no data
Conflict deaths: 2,120within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 37.9country, 2021
Human development: HDI 0.571country, 2023
Income: $4,090/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 243kurban centre · 6,230/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 28.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 52/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 46/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 32/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 5.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.56Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 34.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 21%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.1 doctors /1k0.3 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 249 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Togo

Flood: 3.0/10EU 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 Togo as a whole, not Dapaong specifically.

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%no data

Peace25%17

Equality25%60

Development10%57

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 Dapaong that gives 41.6/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Dapaong compared with Tamale

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Dapaong, red favours Tamale.
Measure	Dapaong	Tamale	Difference
Safety score	41.6	67.7	−26.1 — better for Tamale
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	no data	1.8 /100k	—
Conflict deaths within 100 km	2,120	0	+2,120 — better for Tamale
Income inequality (Gini)	37.9	43.5	−5.6 — better for Dapaong
Human development (HDI)	0.571	0.628	−0.057 — better for Tamale
Road deaths	28.7 /100k	25.7 /100k	+3.0 /100k — better for Tamale
Rule of law	46/100	58/100	−12/100 — better for Tamale
Corruption perceptions	32/100	43/100	−11/100 — better for Tamale
Air quality (PM2.5)	34.3 µg/m³	28.1 µg/m³	+6.2 µg/m³ — better for Tamale
Natural-hazard risk	5.5/10	5.1/10	+0.4/10 — better for Tamale

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 Tamale →

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