Is Macau - Zhuhai safe?
Macao · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04
Macau - Zhuhai is a city in Macao, home to about 2.2M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 1 of 6,168, with a safety score of 100.0 out of 100 - among the safest cities in this dataset.
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- US State Department: Reconsider travelOfficial travel advisory level 3 of 4 for Macao, updated 2024-11-26.
No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Macao are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Macau - Zhuhai really?
No published homicide figure exists for Macau - Zhuhai itself, so the national rate stands in: Macao recorded 0.1 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.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Macao at level 3 of 4 - "Reconsider travel" (updated 2024-11-26). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Macao 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 Macao
Terrorism in Macao · Protecting your belongings · Safeguarding National Security Law · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · Taking photos in secure areas · Road travel · Car hire · Unlicensed taxis · Typhoons
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Macao — country-level, not specific to Macau - Zhuhai. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 0.1 /100knational rate, 2024
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- no datacountry,
- Human development
- no datacountry,
- Income
- $125,630/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 2.2Murban centre · 8,409/km²
- Nearest airport
- 14 kmMacau International Airport (MFM) · also ZUH, 32 km
Straight-line distance from the city centre, not drive time. Scheduled-service airports only (OurAirports).
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- no dataWHO · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 84/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 72/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- no dataTransparency International · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- no dataEU INFORM · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- no dataGeorgetown WPS Index · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- no dataPM2.5 annual mean · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 100%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 1.6 doctors /1k5.3 hospital beds per 1,000
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Macao (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Macao; none of them affect the safety score.
How the score works
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 Macau - Zhuhai that gives 100.0/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Macau - Zhuhai compared with Zhongshan
| Measure | Macau - Zhuhai | Zhongshan | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 100.0 | 82.7 | +17.3 — better for Macau - Zhuhai |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 0.1 /100k | 0.5 /100k | −0.4 /100k — better for Macau - Zhuhai |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
| Income inequality (Gini) | no data | 36.0 | — |
| Human development (HDI) | no data | 0.797 | — |
| Road deaths | no data | 17.4 /100k | — |
| Rule of law | 72/100 | 47/100 | +25/100 — better for Macau - Zhuhai |
| Corruption perceptions | no data | 43/100 | — |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | no data | 32.0 µg/m³ | — |
| Natural-hazard risk | no data | 2.9/10 | — |
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 Zhongshan →
Nearby cities
- Taipa, China 82.7
- Doumen, China 82.7
- Zhongshan, China 82.7
- Pingsha, China 82.7
- Wanqingsha, China 82.7
- Shenzhen, China 82.7
- Lanhe, China 82.7
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong 95.6
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