Lille scores 76 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2165 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 Lille safe?

France · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

76.4High · rank 2165 / 6,168
safer than 65% of ranked cities

Lille is a city in France, home to about 893k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,165 of 6,168, with a safety score of 76.4 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Emergency Ambulance 15 · Fire 18 · Police 17

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

How safe is Lille really?

No published homicide figure exists for Lille itself, so the national rate stands in: France recorded 1.3 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. France is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 31.8), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.

Lille also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 2 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 France at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2025-05-27). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for France 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 France

Terrorism in France · Industrial action · Demonstrations · Protecting your belongings · Assaults · Drink spiking and sexual assault · Personal ID · Face-covering ban · Illegal drugs · Swimming safety · Watersports · Trekking and mountaineering · Winter sports · Road travel · +10 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.3 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 2within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 31.8country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.920country, 2023
Income: $65,110/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 893kurban centre · 4,234/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 5.1 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 62/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 74/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 66/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.86Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 8.2 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 100%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.3 doctors /1k5.7 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in France

Flood: 7.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 2.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 2.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%67

Peace25%88

Equality25%74

Development10%92

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 Lille that gives 76.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Lille compared with Brussels

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Lille, red favours Brussels.
Measure	Lille	Brussels	Difference
Safety score	76.4	78.2	−1.8 — better for Brussels
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.3 /100k	1.6 /100k	−0.3 /100k — better for Lille
Conflict deaths within 100 km	2	2	±0
Income inequality (Gini)	31.8	26.8	+5.0 — better for Brussels
Human development (HDI)	0.920	0.951	−0.031 — better for Brussels
Road deaths	5.1 /100k	5.8 /100k	−0.7 /100k — better for Lille
Rule of law	74/100	79/100	−5/100 — better for Brussels
Corruption perceptions	66/100	69/100	−3/100 — better for Brussels
Air quality (PM2.5)	8.2 µg/m³	8.4 µg/m³	−0.2 µg/m³ — better for Lille
Natural-hazard risk	2.7/10	2.6/10	+0.1/10 — better for Brussels

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 Brussels →

Nearby cities

See Lille on the interactive map → · Safest cities in Europe → · Full travel briefings →