Is Orekhovo-Zouïevo safe?
Russia · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04
Orekhovo-Zouïevo is a city in Russia, home to about 118k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,396 of 6,168, with a safety score of 60.5 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.
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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 Orekhovo-Zouïevo really?
No published homicide figure exists for Orekhovo-Zouïevo 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.
Orekhovo-Zouïevo also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 5 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 3 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.
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 Orekhovo-Zouïevo. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 7.8 /100knational rate, 2024 · ~3× the global city median
- Conflict deaths
- 5within 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
- 118kurban centre · 5,148/km²
- Nearest airport
- 59 kmZhukovsky International Airport (ZIA) · also DME, 80 km
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 Orekhovo-Zouïevo 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 Orekhovo-Zouïevo that gives 60.5/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Orekhovo-Zouïevo compared with Moscow
| Measure | Orekhovo-Zouïevo | Moscow | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 60.5 | 62.0 | −1.5 — better for Moscow |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 7.8 /100k | 1.8 /100k | +6.0 /100k — better for Moscow |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 5 | 152 | −147 — better for Orekhovo-Zouïevo |
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 Moscow →
Nearby cities
- Elektrostal 51.8
- Zhukovsky 51.7
- Sergiyev Posad 51.8
- Kolomna 61.0
- Moscow 62.0
- Vladimir 65.4
- Podolsk 51.7
- Zelenograd 51.7
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