Jacmel scores 23 out of 100 (low safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 6080 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 Jacmel safe?

Haiti · North America · data updated 2026-09-04

23.4Low · rank 6080 / 6,168
safer than 1% of ranked cities

Jacmel is a city in Haiti, home to about 109k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 6,080 of 6,168, with a safety score of 23.4 out of 100, placing it clearly below the global midpoint.

US 4/4 Do not travel UK FCDO advises against all travel to this country

Emergency Ambulance 116 · Fire 115 · Police 122

Armed conflict nearbyUCDP recorded 1,863 deaths from organized violence within 100 km in 2022-2024 (219 events). Crime figures do not capture war risk.
US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Haiti, updated 2026-07-09.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2025-12-10.
Very high homicide rate64.34 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 24× the global city median.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Cite Soleil Wharf Jeremie207 deaths · 1 event
La Plaine (Blanchard, Duvivier, Fourgy, Sibert, Marin (Cité Soleil) and Croix-des-Missions (Tabarre)129 deaths · 2 events
Carrefour, Gressier and Leogane neighborhoods of Fontamara, La Colline, Mariani, Rivière Froide and Thor99 deaths · 3 events

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

How safe is Jacmel really?

No published homicide figure exists for Jacmel itself, so the national rate stands in: Haiti recorded 64 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - roughly 24 times the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Haiti's income inequality is middling (Gini 41.1) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Crime statistics are not the main story here: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program recorded 1,863 deaths from organized violence - war, armed conflict, militia or cartel fighting - within 100 km of Jacmel across 219 events in 2022-2024. That is active-conflict territory, and ordinary crime figures say nothing about it. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Cite Soleil Wharf Jeremie (207 deaths), La Plaine (Blanchard, Duvivier, Fourgy, Sibert, Marin (Cité Soleil) and Croix-des-Missions (Tabarre) (129 deaths), Carrefour, Gressier and Leogane neighborhoods of Fontamara, La Colline, Mariani, Rivière Froide and Thor (99 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Haiti at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2026-07-09). 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 Haiti

Terrorism in Haiti · Haiti-Dominican Republic border closure · Political situation · Criminal and gang activity · Criminal kidnaps · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · Personal ID · LGBT+ · Road travel · Hurricanes · Earthquakes

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 64 /100knational rate, 2024 · ~24× the global city median
Conflict deaths: 1,863within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 41.1country, 2012
Human development: HDI 0.554country, 2023
Income: $3,130/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 109kurban centre · 4,743/km²
Nearest airport: 46 kmToussaint Louverture International Airport (PAP)

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

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 18.8 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 45/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 29/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 16/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 7.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.40Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 15.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.3 doctors /1k4.9 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 9 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Haiti

Cyclone: 8.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 8.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 4.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 4.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%0

Peace25%18

Equality25%53

Development10%55

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 Jacmel that gives 23.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Jacmel compared with Port-au-Prince

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Jacmel, red favours Port-au-Prince.
Measure	Jacmel	Port-au-Prince	Difference
Safety score	23.4	30.0	−6.6 — better for Port-au-Prince
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	64 /100k	23 /100k	+42 /100k — better for Port-au-Prince
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1,863	1,983	−120 — better for Jacmel

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

Nearby cities

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