Ghurian scores 47 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 5388 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 Ghurian safe?

Afghanistan · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

47.4Moderate · rank 5388 / 6,168
safer than 13% of ranked cities

Ghurian is a city in Afghanistan, home to about 122k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,388 of 6,168, with a safety score of 47.4 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 119 (police)

US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Afghanistan, updated 2026-02-19.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2026-07-30.
Same-sex activity criminalized - death penalty in lawLaw on the books in Afghanistan as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.
Airlines certified in Afghanistan are banned from EU airspaceThe EU Air Safety List (2026) bars every carrier certified in Afghanistan, because its aviation authority cannot demonstrate effective safety oversight. This covers flights operated by Afghanistan-certified airlines, typically domestic and regional routes; international carriers flying into Afghanistan are certified elsewhere and are not affected.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Ghazargah Mosque in Herat City47 deaths · 1 event
Herat city (9th or 12th PD), Jibril12 deaths · 1 event
western Afghan city of Herat Police District 12, a Shiite-dominated neighborhood7 deaths · 1 event

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

How safe is Ghurian really?

No published homicide figure exists for Ghurian itself, so the national rate stands in: Afghanistan recorded 4.2 homicides per 100,000 people in 2023 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average.

Ghurian also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 119 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 26 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Ghazargah Mosque in Herat City (47 deaths), Herat city (9th or 12th PD), Jibril (12 deaths), western Afghan city of Herat Police District 12, a Shiite-dominated neighborhood (7 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Afghanistan at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2026-02-19). 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 Afghanistan

Terrorism in Afghanistan · Terrorist kidnap · Tour operators in Afghanistan · Protests · UK government support for detainees · Crime · Criminal kidnaps · Laws on dress · Lack of women’s rights · Ramadan · Illegal food, drugs and alcohol · Mobile phones, internet access and communications · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · +6 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 4.2 /100knational rate, 2023
Conflict deaths: 119within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: no datacountry,
Human development: HDI 0.496country, 2023
Income: $2,250/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 122kurban centre · 6,751/km²
Nearest airport: 69 kmHerat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport (HEA)

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

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 15.9 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 28/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 24/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 16/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 7.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.28Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 37.9 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 31%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.3 doctors /1k0.4 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 18 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Afghanistan

Earthquake: 8.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 8.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 7.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

The EU bars every airline certified in Afghanistan from European airspace because the national aviation authority cannot demonstrate effective safety oversight (EU Air Safety List, 2026). This concerns flights operated by Afghanistan-certified airlines, typically domestic and regional routes, not the international carriers most visitors arrive on. See the airlines listed

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%47

Peace25%48

Equality25%no data

Development10%50

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 Ghurian that gives 47.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Ghurian compared with Herat

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Ghurian, red favours Herat.
Measure	Ghurian	Herat	Difference
Safety score	47.4	47.4	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	4.2 /100k	4.2 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	119	119	±0

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

Nearby cities

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