Hangzhou scores 83 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 517 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 Hangzhou safe?

China · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

82.7Very high · rank 517 / 6,168
safer than 92% of ranked cities

Hangzhou is a city in China, home to about 7.5M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 517 of 6,168, with a safety score of 82.7 out of 100 - among the safest cities in this dataset.

Emergency Ambulance 120 · Fire 119 · Police 110 · Traffic Police 122 · Maritime Search and Rescue Centre 12395

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

How safe is Hangzhou really?

No published homicide figure exists for Hangzhou itself, so the national rate stands in: China recorded 0.5 homicides per 100,000 people in 2020 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. China's income inequality is middling (Gini 36.0) - 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 UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for China 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 China

Terrorism in China · Risks under Chinese national security laws · Political situation · Drink spiking and sexual assault · Scams · Commercial disputes · Personal ID · National security laws · Travelling to sensitive areas · Religious activities and materials · Criminal proceedings · Exit bans · Money · Illegal drugs penalties and prison sentences · +13 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.5 /100knational rate, 2020
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 36.0country, 2022
Human development: HDI 0.797country, 2023
Income: $29,160/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 7.5Murban centre · 4,659/km²
Nearest airport: 14 kmHangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) · also YIW, 101 km

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

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 17.4 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 63/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 47/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 43/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.69Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 32.0 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.1 doctors /1k5.6 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in China

Flood: 9.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 9.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Cyclone: 7.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 6.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 4.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%84

Peace25%100

Equality25%64

Development10%80

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 Hangzhou that gives 82.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Hangzhou compared with Zhuji

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Hangzhou, red favours Zhuji.
Measure	Hangzhou	Zhuji	Difference
Safety score	82.7	82.7	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.5 /100k	0.5 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

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

Nearby cities

长安大学城 82.7
Fuyang 82.7
Deqing 82.7
Haining 82.7
Daoxu 82.7
Tongxiang 82.7
Lin'an District 82.7
Zhuji 82.7

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