Luanda scores 56 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 4792 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 Luanda safe?

Angola · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

55.7Moderate · rank 4792 / 6,168
safer than 22% of ranked cities

Luanda is a city in Angola, home to about 11M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,792 of 6,168, with a safety score of 55.7 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of this country

Emergency Ambulance 112 · Fire 118 · Police 110

UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of this country2 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
High income inequalityGini 51.3 puts Angola in the most unequal quarter of countries - the strongest structural predictor of city violence in this dataset (street crime and robbery tend to track it).

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Cabinda Province, except Cabinda city
Border areas in Lunda Norte Province

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

How safe is Luanda really?

No published homicide figure exists for Luanda itself, so the national rate stands in: Angola recorded 4.1 homicides per 100,000 people in 2016 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. That matters because income inequality is the strongest structural predictor of city violence in this dataset, and Angola's Gini of 51.3 puts it in the most unequal quarter of countries - conditions under which street crime and robbery tend to be a real concern.

Luanda also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 1 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 Angola at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2024-09-22). The UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to parts of this country, naming 2 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 Angola

Terrorism in Angola · Protests and demonstrations · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Vehicle crime · Sexual assault · Personal ID · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · Using cameras and binoculars in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Wildlife, animal products and souvenirs · Road travel · Road conditions and landmines · Taxis and minibuses · Air travel · +1 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 4.1 /100knational rate, 2016
Conflict deaths: 1within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 51.3country, 2018
Human development: HDI 0.616country, 2023
Income: $9,840/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 11Murban centre · 10,943/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 26.1 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 56/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 37/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 32/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 6.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.60Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 19.9 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 /1k0.8 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 259 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Angola

Flood: 3.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%47

Peace25%92

Equality25%30

Development10%62

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 Luanda that gives 55.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Luanda compared with N'dalatando

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Luanda, red favours N'dalatando.
Measure	Luanda	N'dalatando	Difference
Safety score	55.7	57.6	−1.9 — better for N'dalatando
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	4.1 /100k	4.1 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1	0	+1 — better for N'dalatando

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

Nearby cities

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