Encarnacion scores 59 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 4489 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 Encarnacion safe?

Paraguay · South America · data updated 2026-09-04

59.3Moderate · rank 4489 / 6,168
safer than 27% of ranked cities

Encarnacion is a city in Paraguay, home to about 171k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,489 of 6,168, with a safety score of 59.3 out of 100, which lands it in the middle band of the ranking.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency Ambulance 141 · Fire 132 · Police 911

Elevated homicide rate6.88 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 3× the global city median.

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

How safe is Encarnacion really?

No published homicide figure exists for Encarnacion itself, so the national rate stands in: Paraguay recorded 6.9 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. Paraguay's income inequality is middling (Gini 44.2) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Paraguay at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-08-18). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Paraguay 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 Paraguay

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 6.9 /100knational rate, 2024 · ~3× the global city median
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 44.2country, 2024
Human development: HDI 0.756country, 2023
Income: $19,390/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 171kurban centre · 3,632/km²
Nearest airport: 12 kmTeniente Ramon A. Ayub Gonzalez International Airport (ENO)

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

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 22.0 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 65/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 47/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 24/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.77Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 15.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 64%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.9 doctors /1k1.0 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Paraguay

Flood: 5.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%38

Peace25%100

Equality25%46

Development10%76

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 Encarnacion that gives 59.3/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Encarnacion compared with Asuncion

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Encarnacion, red favours Asuncion.
Measure	Encarnacion	Asuncion	Difference
Safety score	59.3	56.7	+2.6 — better for Encarnacion
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	6.9 /100k	10 /100k	−3.1 /100k — better for Encarnacion
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

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

Nearby cities

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