Nablus scores 66 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 3836 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 Nablus safe?

Palestine · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

66.2High · rank 3836 / 6,168
safer than 38% of ranked cities

Nablus is a city in Palestine, home to about 206k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 3,836 of 6,168, with a safety score of 66.2 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

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

Emergency Ambulance 101 · Fire 102 · Police 100

Armed conflict nearbyUCDP recorded 1,245 deaths from organized violence within 100 km in 2022-2024 (609 events). Crime figures do not capture war risk.
US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Palestine, updated 2026-08-25.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country9 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Ashkelon sub-district90 deaths · 7 events
Jenin governorate72 deaths · 23 events
Jenin33 deaths · 12 events

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

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Gaza
Areas near Gaza
The West Bank
Northern Israel and Occupied Golan Heights
Tulkarm Governorate, Jenin Governorate, and Tubas Governorate except Route 90
Areas north of Route 89 between Nahariyya and Dalton; north of a straight eastward line from Dalton to Route 91; and north of Route 91 across the Golan Heights, excluding routes 89 and 91 themselves
Within 500m of the Area of Separation in the occupied Golan Heights (the ‘Alpha line’). Do not attempt to enter the occupied Golan Heights through Syria
Sheba’a Farms and Ghajja
West Bank

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

How safe is Nablus really?

No published homicide figure exists for Nablus itself, so the national rate stands in: Palestine recorded 0.3 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. Palestine's income inequality is middling (Gini 36.4) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Crime statistics are not the main story here: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program recorded 1,245 deaths from organized violence - war, armed conflict, militia or cartel fighting - within 100 km of Nablus across 609 events in 2022-2024. That is active-conflict territory, and ordinary crime figures say nothing about it. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Ashkelon sub-district (90 deaths), Jenin governorate (72 deaths), Jenin (33 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Palestine at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2026-08-25). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 9 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 Palestine

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.3 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 1,245within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 36.4country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.674country, 2023
Income: $5,310/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 206kurban centre · 6,070/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 5.3 /100kWHO, 2016 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 34/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 40/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: no dataTransparency International · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 6.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.47Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 22.4 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 81%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 2.2 doctors /1k1.3 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Palestine

Earthquake: 4.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 1.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%95

Peace25%23

Equality25%64

Development10%67

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 Nablus that gives 66.2/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Nablus compared with East Jerusalem

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Nablus, red favours East Jerusalem.
Measure	Nablus	East Jerusalem	Difference
Safety score	66.2	60.5	+5.7 — better for Nablus
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.3 /100k	0.3 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1,245	41,568	−40,323 — better for Nablus

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

Nearby cities

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