Kragujevac scores 81 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 1823 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 Kragujevac safe?

Serbia · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

80.7Very high · rank 1823 / 6,168
safer than 70% of ranked cities

Kragujevac is a city in Serbia, home to about 130k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 1,823 of 6,168, with a safety score of 80.7 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Emergency All emergencies 112 · Ambulance 194 · Fire 193 · Police 192

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

How safe is Kragujevac really?

No published homicide figure exists for Kragujevac itself, so the national rate stands in: Serbia recorded 0.9 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Serbia's income inequality is middling (Gini 32.8) - 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 Serbia at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-08-26). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Serbia 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 Serbia

Terrorism in Serbia · Political situation · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Sporting events · Unexploded landmines and bombs · Personal ID · Illegal drugs · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Road conditions · Car hire · Bringing a vehicle into Serbia · Taxis · +4 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.9 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 32.8country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.833country, 2023
Income: $31,780/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 130kurban centre · 3,516/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 7.5 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 63/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 54/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 33/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.84Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 19.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 75%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.1 doctors /1k5.8 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Serbia

Flood: 7.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 5.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 2.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%74

Peace25%100

Equality25%72

Development10%83

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 Kragujevac that gives 80.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Kragujevac compared with Belgrade

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Kragujevac, red favours Belgrade.
Measure	Kragujevac	Belgrade	Difference
Safety score	80.7	77.6	+3.2 — better for Kragujevac
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.9 /100k	1.4 /100k	−0.5 /100k — better for Kragujevac
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

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

Nearby cities

Belgrade 77.6
Niš 80.7
Pristina, Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 62.1
Novi Sad 77.6
Timișoara, Romania 80.9
Prizren, Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 71.2
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.7
Podgorica, Montenegro 79.4

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