Nusaybin scores 50 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 5188 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 Nusaybin safe?

Turkey · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

49.9Moderate · rank 5188 / 6,168
safer than 16% of ranked cities

Nusaybin is a city in Turkey, home to about 110k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,188 of 6,168, with a safety score of 49.9 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country

Emergency 112 (ambulance, fire, police)

Armed conflict nearbyUCDP recorded 748 deaths from organized violence within 100 km in 2022-2024 (182 events). Crime figures do not capture war risk.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country1 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Ghuwayran prison in Al-Hasakah town332 deaths · 1 event
Kocharat area in Al-Malikiyah (Derik) countryside30 deaths · 1 event
Tel Tamer countryside29 deaths · 1 event

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

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Turkey-Syria border

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

How safe is Nusaybin really?

No published homicide figure exists for Nusaybin itself, so the national rate stands in: Turkey recorded 2.4 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. Turkey's income inequality is middling (Gini 43.7) - 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 748 deaths from organized violence - war, armed conflict, militia or cartel fighting - within 100 km of Nusaybin across 182 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 Ghuwayran prison in Al-Hasakah town (332 deaths), Kocharat area in Al-Malikiyah (Derik) countryside (30 deaths), Tel Tamer countryside (29 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Turkey at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-06-08). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 1 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 Turkey

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 2.4 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 748within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 43.7country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.853country, 2023
Income: $44,630/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 110kurban centre · 7,866/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 6.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 49/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 42/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 31/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 5.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.66Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 26.4 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 2.2 doctors /1k3.1 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2020 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Turkey

Earthquake: 9.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 6.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 5.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 2.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%56

Peace25%28

Equality25%47

Development10%85

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 Nusaybin that gives 49.9/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Nusaybin compared with Qamishli

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Nusaybin, red favours Qamishli.
Measure	Nusaybin	Qamishli	Difference
Safety score	49.9	57.7	−7.7 — better for Qamishli
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	2.4 /100k	2.1 /100k	+0.4 /100k — better for Qamishli
Conflict deaths within 100 km	748	775	−27 — better for Nusaybin
Income inequality (Gini)	43.7	26.4	+17.3 — better for Qamishli
Human development (HDI)	0.853	0.564	+0.289 — better for Nusaybin
Road deaths	6.7 /100k	14.9 /100k	−8.2 /100k — better for Nusaybin
Rule of law	42/100	26/100	+16/100 — better for Nusaybin
Corruption perceptions	31/100	15/100	+16/100 — better for Nusaybin
Air quality (PM2.5)	26.4 µg/m³	32.1 µg/m³	−5.7 µg/m³ — better for Nusaybin
Natural-hazard risk	5.2/10	7.6/10	−2.4/10 — better for Nusaybin

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 Qamishli →

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