Derbent scores 59 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 4473 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 Derbent safe?

Russia · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

59.4Moderate · rank 4473 / 6,168
safer than 27% of ranked cities

Derbent is a city in Russia, home to about 137k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,473 of 6,168, with a safety score of 59.4 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.

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

Emergency 112 (ambulance, fire, police)

US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Russia, updated 2025-12-28.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2026-07-03.
Elevated homicide rate7.82 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 3× the global city median.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Derbent and Makhachkala areas of Dagestan, Russia8 deaths · 2 events

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

How safe is Derbent really?

No published homicide figure exists for Derbent itself, so the national rate stands in: Russia recorded 7.8 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - roughly 3 times the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Russia's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.0) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Derbent also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 8 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 2 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Derbent and Makhachkala areas of Dagestan, Russia (8 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Russia at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2025-12-28). 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 Russia

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 7.8 /100knational rate, 2024 · ~3× the global city median
Conflict deaths: 8within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 33.0country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.832country, 2023
Income: $49,220/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 137kurban centre · 7,593/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 12.0 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 50/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 37/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 22/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.72Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 11.6 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 76%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 5.1 doctors /1k6.8 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Russia

Flood: 8.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 5.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 4.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 4.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Cyclone: 2.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%36

Peace25%76

Equality25%71

Development10%83

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 Derbent that gives 59.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Derbent compared with Makhachkala

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Derbent, red favours Makhachkala.
Measure	Derbent	Makhachkala	Difference
Safety score	59.4	57.3	+2.2 — better for Derbent
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	7.8 /100k	7.8 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	8	19	−11 — better for Derbent

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

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