Mary scores 75 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2839 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 Mary safe?

Turkmenistan · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

74.7High · rank 2839 / 6,168
safer than 54% of ranked cities

Mary is a city in Turkmenistan, home to about 280k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,839 of 6,168, with a safety score of 74.7 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency Ambulance 03 (from landline) · Ambulance 003 (from mobile) · Fire 01 (from landline) · Fire 001 (from mobile) · Police 02 (from landline) · Police 002 (from mobile)

Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Turkmenistan as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.

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

How safe is Mary really?

No published homicide figure exists for Mary itself, so the national rate stands in: Turkmenistan recorded 1.0 homicides per 100,000 people in 2015 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Turkmenistan's income inequality is middling (Gini 40.8) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Turkmenistan at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-08-20). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Turkmenistan 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 Turkmenistan

Terrorism in Turkmenistan · Border restrictions · Personal ID · Crime · Ramadan · Alcohol laws and bans · Smoking and e-cigarette bans · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · Taking photos in secure areas · Internet and mobile network · Relationships with Turkmens · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Taxis · +1 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.0 /100knational rate, 2015
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 40.8country, 1998
Human development: HDI 0.764country, 2023
Income: $22,830/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 280kurban centre · 3,045/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 13.5 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 70/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 33/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 17/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.72Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 31.2 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 95%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 1.9 doctors /1k3.6 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Turkmenistan

Flood: 8.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 4.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 3.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Turkmenistan (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%72

Peace25%100

Equality25%54

Development10%76

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 Mary that gives 74.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Mary compared with Mashhad

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Mary, red favours Mashhad.
Measure	Mary	Mashhad	Difference
Safety score	74.7	69.9	+4.8 — better for Mary
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.0 /100k	2.4 /100k	−1.4 /100k — better for Mary
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	1	−1 — better for Mary
Income inequality (Gini)	40.8	35.9	+4.9 — better for Mashhad
Human development (HDI)	0.764	0.799	−0.035 — better for Mashhad
Road deaths	13.5 /100k	21.5 /100k	−8.0 /100k — better for Mary
Rule of law	33/100	36/100	−3/100 — better for Mashhad
Corruption perceptions	17/100	23/100	−6/100 — better for Mashhad
Air quality (PM2.5)	31.2 µg/m³	40.2 µg/m³	−9.0 µg/m³ — better for Mary
Natural-hazard risk	2.8/10	5.8/10	−3.0/10 — better for Mary

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 Mashhad →

Nearby cities

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