Is Pangkajene safe?
Indonesia · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04
Pangkajene is a city in Indonesia, home to about 109k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,105 of 6,168, with a safety score of 77.3 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.
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- UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country7 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country
- FCDO advises against all travel to a number of volcanoes in Indonesia:
- Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province
- Mount Sinabung, Karo Regency, North Sumatra
- Mount Marapi, West Sumatra
- Mount Semeru, Lumajang Regency, East Java
- Mount Ruang, Northern Sulawesi
- Mount Ibu, North Maluku Province
Named in the official UK travel advice for Indonesia (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Pangkajene.
How safe is Pangkajene really?
No published homicide figure exists for Pangkajene itself, so the national rate stands in: Indonesia recorded 0.4 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. Indonesia's income inequality is middling (Gini 34.4) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.
Pangkajene also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 12 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 2 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Indonesia at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-07-06). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 7 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 Indonesia
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Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Indonesia — country-level, not specific to Pangkajene. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 0.4 /100knational rate, 2024
- Conflict deaths
- 12within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 34.4country, 2025
- Human development
- HDI 0.728country, 2023
- Income
- $17,190/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 109kurban centre · 4,194/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 11.3 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 55/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 53/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 34/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 4.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.68Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 20.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 31%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 0.5 doctors /1k1.4 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 2 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Indonesia
- Tsunami
- 9.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Earthquake
- 8.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Flood
- 8.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 3.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Cyclone
- 1.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Indonesia as a whole, not Pangkajene specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Indonesia (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Indonesia; 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 Pangkajene that gives 77.3/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Pangkajene compared with Makassar
| Measure | Pangkajene | Makassar | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 77.3 | 77.3 | ±0.0 |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 0.4 /100k | 0.4 /100k | ±0.0 /100k |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 12 | 12 | ±0 |
Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Indonesia, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Makassar →
Nearby cities
- Makassar 77.3
- Watampone 77.5
- Pare-Pare 84.2
- Sengkang 77.5
- Bulukumba 77.3
- Majene 84.2
- Palopo 84.2
- Mamuju 84.2
See Pangkajene on the interactive map → · Safest cities in Asia → · Full travel briefings →