Mawza` scores 45 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 5526 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 Mawza` safe?

Yemen · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

45.3Moderate · rank 5526 / 6,168
safer than 10% of ranked cities

Mawza` is a city in Yemen, home to about 150k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,526 of 6,168, with a safety score of 45.3 out of 100, which lands it in the middle band of the ranking.

US 4/4 Do not travel UK FCDO advises against all travel to this country

Emergency Ambulance 191 · Fire 191 · Police 199 or 194

US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Yemen, updated 2025-12-18.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2026-07-31.
Elevated homicide rate5.81 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 2× the global city median.
Same-sex activity criminalized - death penalty in lawLaw on the books in Yemen as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Al-Kadha front and its affiliated Barah Axis to the west of Taiz city in Al-Maafer district24 deaths · 1 event
border between Hays and Al-Khawkhah districts in southern Hudaydah23 deaths · 2 events
Jabal Habashi district, west of Taiz city.13 deaths · 1 event

UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Mawza`, 2022-2024, at the locations the source itself names. Conflict deaths, not street crime.

How safe is Mawza` really?

No published homicide figure exists for Mawza` itself, so the national rate stands in: Yemen recorded 5.8 homicides per 100,000 people in 2013 - roughly 2 times the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Yemen's income inequality is middling (Gini 36.7) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Mawza` also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 441 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 195 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Al-Kadha front and its affiliated Barah Axis to the west of Taiz city in Al-Maafer district (24 deaths), border between Hays and Al-Khawkhah districts in southern Hudaydah (23 deaths), Jabal Habashi district, west of Taiz city. (13 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Yemen at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2025-12-18). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to this country. 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 Yemen

Terrorism in Yemen · Terrorist kidnap · Political situation · Crime · Ramadan · Dress code · Alcohol laws · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Antiquities · Road travel · Driving conditions · Air travel · Sea travel · +2 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 5.8 /100knational rate, 2013 · ~2× the global city median
Conflict deaths: 441within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 36.7country, 2014
Human development: HDI 0.470country, 2023
Income: $3,020/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 150kurban centre · 30,059/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 29.4 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 19/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 24/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 13/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 7.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.32Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 46.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.1 doctors /1k0.5 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 52 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Yemen

Flood: 5.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 4.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 3.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Cyclone: 3.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 1.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Yemen as a whole, not Mawza` specifically.

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%41

Peace25%34

Equality25%63

Development10%47

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 Mawza` that gives 45.3/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Mawza` compared with Ta'izz

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Mawza`, red favours Ta'izz.
Measure	Mawza`	Ta'izz	Difference
Safety score	45.3	42.9	+2.3 — better for Mawza`
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	5.8 /100k	5.8 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	441	1,039	−598 — better for Mawza`

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

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