Nazareth scores 46 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 5465 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 Nazareth safe?

Israel · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

46.1Moderate · rank 5465 / 6,168
safer than 11% of ranked cities

Nazareth is a city in Israel, home to about 266k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,465 of 6,168, with a safety score of 46.1 out of 100, which lands it in the middle band of the ranking.

US 3/4 Reconsider travel UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country

Emergency Ambulance 101 · Fire 102 · Police 100

Armed conflict nearbyUCDP recorded 3,925 deaths from organized violence within 100 km in 2022-2024 (1,626 events). Crime figures do not capture war risk.
US State Department: Reconsider travelOfficial travel advisory level 3 of 4 for Israel, 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

Ain al-Delb73 deaths · 1 event
Jenin governorate72 deaths · 23 events
Jenin33 deaths · 12 events

UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Nazareth, 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 Israel (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Nazareth.

How safe is Nazareth really?

No published homicide figure exists for Nazareth itself, so the national rate stands in: Israel recorded 3.7 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Israel's income inequality is middling (Gini 38.3) - 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 3,925 deaths from organized violence - war, armed conflict, militia or cartel fighting - within 100 km of Nazareth across 1,626 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 Ain al-Delb (73 deaths), Jenin governorate (72 deaths), Jenin (33 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Israel at level 3 of 4 - "Reconsider 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 Israel

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 3.7 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 3,925within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 38.3country, 2022
Human development: HDI 0.919country, 2023
Income: $58,870/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 266kurban centre · 5,208/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 3.9 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 48/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 67/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 62/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.70Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 21.9 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 100%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.8 doctors /1k3.1 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Israel

Earthquake: 6.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 5.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 2.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Israel (as of 2025).

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%49

Peace25%10

Equality25%59

Development10%92

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 Nazareth that gives 46.1/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Nazareth compared with Irbid

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Nazareth, red favours Irbid.
Measure	Nazareth	Irbid	Difference
Safety score	46.1	57.9	−11.9 — better for Irbid
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	3.7 /100k	0.8 /100k	+2.9 /100k — better for Irbid
Conflict deaths within 100 km	3,925	3,212	+713 — better for Irbid
Income inequality (Gini)	38.3	33.7	+4.6 — better for Irbid
Human development (HDI)	0.919	0.754	+0.165 — better for Nazareth
Road deaths	3.9 /100k	17.0 /100k	−13.1 /100k — better for Nazareth
Rule of law	67/100	60/100	+7/100 — better for Nazareth
Corruption perceptions	62/100	50/100	+12/100 — better for Nazareth
Air quality (PM2.5)	21.9 µg/m³	32.6 µg/m³	−10.7 µg/m³ — better for Nazareth
Natural-hazard risk	3.3/10	4.1/10	−0.8/10 — better for Nazareth

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 Irbid →

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