Is Mamoudzou safe?
Mayotte · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04
Mamoudzou is a city in Mayotte, home to about 120k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,176 of 6,168, with a safety score of 63.4 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.
Emergency 112 (ambulance, fire, police) · Ambulance 15 · Fire 18 · Police 17
- Elevated homicide rate5.94 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 2× the global city median.
No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Mayotte are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Mamoudzou really?
No published homicide figure exists for Mamoudzou itself, so the national rate stands in: Mayotte recorded 5.9 homicides per 100,000 people in 2009 - roughly 2 times the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average.
What the travel advisories say
The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Mayotte 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 Mayotte
Terrorism in Mayotte · Swimming safety · Scuba diving · Road travel · Sea travel · Ongoing disruption following Cyclone Chido · Tropical cyclones
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Mayotte — country-level, not specific to Mamoudzou. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 5.9 /100knational rate, 2009 · ~2× the global city median
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- no datacountry,
- Human development
- no datacountry,
- Income
- no dataGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 120kurban centre · 4,459/km²
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 Mamoudzou that gives 63.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Mamoudzou compared with Fomboni
| Measure | Mamoudzou | Fomboni | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 63.4 | 83.8 | −20.4 — better for Fomboni |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 5.9 /100k | no data | — |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
| Income inequality (Gini) | no data | 30.3 | — |
| Human development (HDI) | no data | 0.603 | — |
| Road deaths | no data | 26.6 /100k | — |
| Rule of law | no data | 38/100 | — |
| Corruption perceptions | no data | 20/100 | — |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | no data | 10.2 µg/m³ | — |
| Natural-hazard risk | no data | 3.1/10 | — |
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 Fomboni →
Nearby cities
- Fomboni, Comoros 83.8
- Moroni, Comoros 83.8
- Mahajanga, Madagascar 55.9
- Amparihimahitsy, Madagascar 55.9
- Pemba, Mozambique 42.6
- Nacala, Mozambique 49.5
- Mtwara, Tanzania 54.3
- Montepuez, Mozambique 44.6
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