Jakarta scores 79 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2028 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 Jakarta safe?

Indonesia · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

78.6High · rank 2028 / 6,168
safer than 67% of ranked cities

Jakarta is a city in Indonesia, home to about 42M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,028 of 6,168, with a safety score of 78.6 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country

Emergency Ambulance 118 · Fire 112 · Police 110

UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country7 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

FCDO advises against all travel to a number of volcanoes in Indonesia:
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province
Mount Sinabung, Karo Regency, North Sumatra
Mount Marapi, West Sumatra
Mount Semeru, Lumajang Regency, East Java
Mount Ruang, Northern Sulawesi
Mount Ibu, North Maluku Province

Named in the official UK travel advice for Indonesia (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Jakarta.

How safe is Jakarta really?

The most direct evidence is measured in the city itself: Jakarta recorded 0.7 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2015 - well below the global city median. Indonesia's income inequality is middling (Gini 34.4) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Jakarta also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 1 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 1 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Indonesia at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-07-06). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 7 specific areas - listed above with the official advisory linked for exact boundaries and exceptions. 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 Indonesia

Terrorism in Indonesia · Political situation · Sexual assault · Drink spiking · Protecting your belongings · Scams · Alcoholic drinks and drugs · Methanol poisoning · Ramadan · Balinese New Year · Personal ID · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · Alcohol laws and bans · LGBT+ travellers · +11 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.7 /100kcity-measured, 2015
Conflict deaths: 1within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 34.4country, 2025
Human development: HDI 0.728country, 2023
Income: $17,190/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 42Murban centre · 8,584/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 11.3 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 55/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 53/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 34/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 4.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.68Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 20.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 31%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.5 doctors /1k1.4 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 2 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Indonesia

Tsunami: 9.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 8.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 8.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Cyclone: 1.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%78

Peace25%92

Equality25%68

Development10%73

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 Jakarta that gives 78.6/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Jakarta compared with Cipanas

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Jakarta, red favours Cipanas.
Measure	Jakarta	Cipanas	Difference
Safety score	78.6	82.4	−3.8 — better for Cipanas
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.7 /100k	0.4 /100k	+0.3 /100k — better for Cipanas
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1	1	±0

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

Nearby cities

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