Lankaran scores 76 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2177 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 Lankaran safe?

Azerbaijan · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

76.2High · rank 2177 / 6,168
safer than 65% of ranked cities

Lankaran is a city in Azerbaijan, home to about 126k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,177 of 6,168, with a safety score of 76.2 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.

US 3/4 Reconsider travel UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country

Emergency Ambulance 103 · Fire 101 · Police 102

US State Department: Reconsider travelOfficial travel advisory level 3 of 4 for Azerbaijan, updated 2026-04-27.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country3 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Azerbaijan-Armenia border
South-western Azerbaijan (those regions affected by conflict in 2020 and 2023)
The districts (‘rayons’) of Kelbajar, Lachin, Qubadli, Zengilan, Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Khojavand, Shusha, Khojali, Khankendi, Aghdam and Tartar

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

How safe is Lankaran really?

No published homicide figure exists for Lankaran itself, so the national rate stands in: Azerbaijan recorded 2.0 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Azerbaijan is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 26.6), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.

Lankaran also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 1 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 2 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Azerbaijan at level 3 of 4 - "Reconsider travel" (updated 2026-04-27). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 3 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 Azerbaijan

Terrorism in Azerbaijan · Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions · Dealing with officials · Bank card fraud · Personal ID · Dress code · Ramadan · Smoking restrictions · Illegal drugs · Using cameras and drones in sensitive locations · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Inter-country road travel · Licences and permits · +4 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 2.0 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 1within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 26.6country, 2005
Human development: HDI 0.789country, 2023
Income: $25,430/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 126kurban centre · 3,084/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 6.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 63/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 49/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 30/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 4.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.65Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 23.7 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 58%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.2 doctors /1k3.7 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2023 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Azerbaijan

Earthquake: 7.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 6.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 5.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%60

Peace25%92

Equality25%85

Development10%79

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 Lankaran that gives 76.2/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Lankaran compared with Rasht

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Lankaran, red favours Rasht.
Measure	Lankaran	Rasht	Difference
Safety score	76.2	64.8	+11.4 — better for Lankaran
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	2.0 /100k	2.4 /100k	−0.4 /100k — better for Lankaran
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1	12	−11 — better for Lankaran
Income inequality (Gini)	26.6	35.9	−9.3 — better for Lankaran
Human development (HDI)	0.789	0.799	−0.010 — better for Rasht
Road deaths	6.7 /100k	21.5 /100k	−14.8 /100k — better for Lankaran
Rule of law	49/100	36/100	+13/100 — better for Lankaran
Corruption perceptions	30/100	23/100	+7/100 — better for Lankaran
Air quality (PM2.5)	23.7 µg/m³	40.2 µg/m³	−16.5 µg/m³ — better for Lankaran
Natural-hazard risk	4.6/10	5.8/10	−1.2/10 — better for Lankaran

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Country-level rows describe the two countries, not the cities themselves. Full report for Rasht →

Nearby cities

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