Linz scores 82 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 1656 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 Linz safe?

Austria · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

81.9Very high · rank 1656 / 6,168
safer than 73% of ranked cities

Linz is a city in Austria, home to about 239k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 1,656 of 6,168, with a safety score of 81.9 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency Ambulance or rescue 144 · Fire 122 · Police 133 · European emergency number 112

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

How safe is Linz really?

No published homicide figure exists for Linz itself, so the national rate stands in: Austria recorded 1.0 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. Austria is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 31.2), 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 Austria at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-08-20). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Austria 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 Austria

Terrorism in Austria · Political demonstrations · Protecting your belongings · Drink spiking · Personal ID · Illegal drugs · Face-covering ban · Public transport · Skiing · Road travel · Motorway tolls

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.0 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 31.2country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.930country, 2023
Income: $77,010/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 239kurban centre · 3,574/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 4.9 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 74/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 86/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 69/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.90Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 10.0 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 99%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 5.5 doctors /1k6.7 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Austria

Flood: 7.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 3.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 1.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%72

Peace25%100

Equality25%75

Development10%93

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 Linz that gives 81.9/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Linz compared with Vienna

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Linz, red favours Vienna.
Measure	Linz	Vienna	Difference
Safety score	81.9	80.0	+1.9 — better for Linz
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.0 /100k	1.3 /100k	−0.3 /100k — better for Linz
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

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

Nearby cities

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