Is Kamsar safe?
Guinea · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04
Kamsar is a city in Guinea, home to about 134k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 471 of 6,168, with a safety score of 82.8 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.
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- Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Guinea as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.
No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Guinea are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Kamsar really?
Neither Kamsar nor Guinea has a published homicide rate in the sources this site uses (UNODC and the Igarapé Homicide Monitor), so the strongest single indicator of city safety is simply missing here. Guinea is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 29.6), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Guinea at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-02-24). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Guinea 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 Guinea
Terrorism in Guinea · Political situation · Security situation · Vehicle crime · Protecting yourself and your possessions · Scams and extortion · Detention · Personal ID · Illegal drugs · Using cameras in secure areas · Money · LGBT+ travellers · Precious stones · Road travel · +4 more
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Guinea — country-level, not specific to Kamsar. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- no data
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 29.6country, 2018
- Human development
- HDI 0.500country, 2023
- Income
- $4,730/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 134kurban centre · 3,932/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 29.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 48/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 37/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 26/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 4.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.53Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 27.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 0.2 doctors /1k0.3 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 286 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Guinea
- Flood
- 5.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Tsunami
- 2.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Guinea as a whole, not Kamsar specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Guinea (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.
All country-level figures shared by every city in Guinea; none of them affect the safety score.
How the score works
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 Kamsar that gives 82.8/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Kamsar compared with Conacry
| Measure | Kamsar | Conacry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 82.8 | 72.5 | +10.2 — better for Kamsar |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | no data | 2.3 /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 Guinea, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Conacry →
Nearby cities
- Conacry 72.5
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 75.6
- Kindia 82.8
- Kolda, Senegal 77.2
- Labé 82.8
- Ziguinchor, Senegal 74.0
- Freetown, Sierra Leone 69.1
- Makeni, Sierra Leone 69.1
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