Dublin scores 81 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 1750 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 Dublin safe?

Ireland · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

81.4Very high · rank 1750 / 6,168
safer than 72% of ranked cities

Dublin is a city in Ireland, home to about 1.1M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 1,750 of 6,168, with a safety score of 81.4 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency 112 or 999 (ambulance, fire, police)

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

How safe is Dublin really?

The most direct evidence is measured in the city itself: Dublin recorded 1.3 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2017 - well below the global city median. Ireland is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 29.0), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Ireland at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-03-19). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Ireland 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 Ireland

Terrorism in Ireland · Demonstrations · Crime · Illegal drugs · Road travel

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.3 /100kcity-measured, 2017
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 29.0country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.949country, 2023
Income: $106,310/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 1.1Murban centre · 3,784/km²
Nearest airport: 9 kmDublin Airport (DUB) · also IOM, 135 km

Straight-line distance from the city centre, not drive time. Scheduled-service airports only (OurAirports).

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 3.1 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 78/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 84/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 76/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.89Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 7.5 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 96%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.9 doctors /1k3.0 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Ireland

Flood: 3.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 1.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%67

Peace25%100

Equality25%80

Development10%95

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 Dublin that gives 81.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Dublin compared with Liverpool

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Dublin, red favours Liverpool.
Measure	Dublin	Liverpool	Difference
Safety score	81.4	81.8	−0.4 — better for Liverpool
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.3 /100k	0.9 /100k	+0.4 /100k — better for Liverpool
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0
Income inequality (Gini)	29.0	32.4	−3.4 — better for Dublin
Human development (HDI)	0.949	0.946	+0.003 — better for Dublin
Road deaths	3.1 /100k	3.2 /100k	−0.1 /100k — better for Dublin
Rule of law	84/100	79/100	+5/100 — better for Dublin
Corruption perceptions	76/100	70/100	+6/100 — better for Dublin
Air quality (PM2.5)	7.5 µg/m³	9.5 µg/m³	−2.0 µg/m³ — better for Dublin
Natural-hazard risk	2.3/10	2.2/10	+0.1/10 — better for Liverpool

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 Liverpool →

Nearby cities

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