Is Fomboni safe?
Comoros · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04
Fomboni is a city in Comoros, home to about 237k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 457 of 6,168, with a safety score of 83.8 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.
Emergency Fire 113 or 114 · Police 117
- Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Comoros 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 Comoros are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Fomboni really?
Neither Fomboni nor Comoros 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. Comoros is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 30.3), 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 Comoros at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-01-11). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Comoros 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 Comoros
Terrorism in Comoros · Political situation · Protecting your belongings · Personal ID · Religion · Dress and behaviour codes · Ramadan · Alcohol laws and bans · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Money · Road travel · Sea travel · +2 more
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Comoros — country-level, not specific to Fomboni. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- no data
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 30.3country, 2024
- Human development
- HDI 0.603country, 2023
- Income
- $4,260/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 237kurban centre · 16,911/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 26.6 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 62/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 38/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 20/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 3.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.59Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 10.2 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 0.4 doctors /1k2.2 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 63 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Comoros
- Tsunami
- 2.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Cyclone
- 1.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Comoros as a whole, not Fomboni specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Comoros (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.
All country-level figures shared by every city in Comoros; none of them affect the safety score.
How the score works
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 Fomboni that gives 83.8/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Fomboni compared with Moroni
| Measure | Fomboni | Moroni | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 83.8 | 83.8 | ±0.0 |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | no data | no data | — |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Comoros, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Moroni →
Nearby cities
- Moroni 83.8
- Mamoudzou, Mayotte 63.4
- Pemba, Mozambique 42.6
- Nacala, Mozambique 49.5
- Mtwara, Tanzania 54.3
- Mahajanga, Madagascar 55.9
- Amparihimahitsy, Madagascar 55.9
- Montepuez, Mozambique 44.6
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