Perth scores 81 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 1799 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 Perth safe?

Australia · Oceania · data updated 2026-09-04

81.1Very high · rank 1799 / 6,168
safer than 71% of ranked cities

Perth is a city in Australia, home to about 1.1M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 1,799 of 6,168, with a safety score of 81.1 out of 100 - among the safest cities in this dataset.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency 000 (ambulance, fire, police)

No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Australia are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.

How safe is Perth really?

No published homicide figure exists for Perth itself, so the national rate stands in: Australia recorded 0.9 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. Australia's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.8) - 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 Australia at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2025-05-29). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Australia without any avoid-travel warning in force. 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 Australia

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.9 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 33.8country, 2020
Human development: HDI 0.958country, 2023
Income: $69,930/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 1.1Murban centre · 1,941/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 4.9 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 79/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 82/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 76/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.90Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 6.4 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 4.1 doctors /1k3.8 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Australia

Drought: 5.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 5.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 5.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Cyclone: 4.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%73

Peace25%100

Equality25%69

Development10%96

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 Perth that gives 81.1/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Perth compared with Adelaide

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Perth, red favours Adelaide.
Measure	Perth	Adelaide	Difference
Safety score	81.1	71.5	+9.6 — better for Perth
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.9 /100k	3.7 /100k	−2.8 /100k — better for Perth
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Australia, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Adelaide →

Nearby cities

See Perth on the interactive map → · Safest cities in Oceania → · Full travel briefings →