Hualien scores 82 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 1662 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 Hualien safe?

Taiwan · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

81.8Very high · rank 1662 / 6,168
safer than 73% of ranked cities

Hualien is a city in Taiwan, home to about 144k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 1,662 of 6,168, with a safety score of 81.8 out of 100 - among the safest cities in this dataset.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency Ambulance and fire 119 · Police 110 · Coastguard 118 · Domestic abuse and sexual assault hotline 113 · Any further assistance 0800 024 111 (‘Information for Foreigners in Taiwan’ helpline)

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

How safe is Hualien really?

No published homicide figure exists for Hualien itself, so the national rate stands in: Taiwan recorded 0.8 homicides per 100,000 people in 2023 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Taiwan's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.9) - 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 Taiwan at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2025-11-24). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Taiwan 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 Taiwan

Terrorism in Taiwan · Crisis preparedness · Crime · Personal ID · Illegal drugs and penalties · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Driving standards and road rules · Typhoons · Earthquakes

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.8 /100knational rate, 2023
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 33.9country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.926country, 2021
Income: $72,500/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 144kurban centre · 2,614/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: no dataWHO · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: no dataWorld Bank WGI · higher = more stable
Rule of law: no dataWorld Bank WGI · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 68/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: no dataEU INFORM · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.85Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: no dataPM2.5 annual mean · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: no datahospital beds: no data

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%76

Peace25%100

Equality25%69

Development10%93

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 Hualien that gives 81.8/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Hualien compared with Taichung

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Hualien, red favours Taichung.
Measure	Hualien	Taichung	Difference
Safety score	81.8	77.0	+4.9 — better for Hualien
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.8 /100k	1.6 /100k	−0.8 /100k — better for Hualien
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

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

Nearby cities

See Hualien on the interactive map → · Safest cities in Asia → · Full travel briefings →