Is Nizhny Tagil safe?
Russia · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04
Nizhny Tagil is a city in Russia, home to about 206k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 3,920 of 6,168, with a safety score of 65.4 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.
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- US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Russia, updated 2025-12-28.
- UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2026-07-03.
- Elevated homicide rate7.82 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 3× the global city median.
- 22 airlines certified in Russia are banned from EU airspaceThe EU Air Safety List (2026) names 22 carriers certified in Russia as failing international safety standards; other carriers certified there are not listed. This covers flights operated by Russia-certified airlines, typically domestic and regional routes; international carriers flying into Russia are certified elsewhere and are not affected.
No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Russia are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Nizhny Tagil really?
No published homicide figure exists for Nizhny Tagil itself, so the national rate stands in: Russia recorded 7.8 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - roughly 3 times the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Russia's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.0) - 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 Russia at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2025-12-28). 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.
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Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Russia — country-level, not specific to Nizhny Tagil. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 7.8 /100knational rate, 2024 · ~3× the global city median
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 33.0country, 2023
- Human development
- HDI 0.832country, 2023
- Income
- $49,220/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 206kurban centre · 3,962/km²
- Nearest airport
- 139 kmKoltsovo Airport (SVX)
Straight-line distance from the city centre, not drive time. Scheduled-service airports only (OurAirports).
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 12.0 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 50/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 37/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 22/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 3.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.72Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 11.6 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 76%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 5.1 doctors /1k6.8 hospital beds per 1,000
Natural hazards in Russia
- Flood
- 8.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 5.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Earthquake
- 4.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Tsunami
- 4.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Cyclone
- 2.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Russia as a whole, not Nizhny Tagil specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Russia (as of 2025).
The EU bars 22 airlines certified in Russia from European airspace on safety grounds; other carriers certified there are not listed (EU Air Safety List, 2026). This concerns flights operated by Russia-certified airlines, typically domestic and regional routes, not the international carriers most visitors arrive on. See the airlines listed
All country-level figures shared by every city in Russia; none of them affect the safety score.
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 Nizhny Tagil that gives 65.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Nizhny Tagil compared with Yekaterinburg
| Measure | Nizhny Tagil | Yekaterinburg | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 65.4 | 65.4 | ±0.0 |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 7.8 /100k | 7.8 /100k | ±0.0 /100k |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Russia, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Yekaterinburg →
Nearby cities
- Yekaterinburg 65.4
- Kultaevo 65.4
- Metallurgicheskiy District 65.4
- Chelyabinsk 65.4
- Tyumen 65.4
- Neftekamsk 65.4
- Izhevsk 65.4
- Kurgan 65.4
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