Pokhariya scores 74 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2955 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 Pokhariya safe?

Nepal · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

74.1High · rank 2955 / 6,168
safer than 52% of ranked cities

Pokhariya is a city in Nepal, home to about 243k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,955 of 6,168, with a safety score of 74.1 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Emergency Police 100 · Fire 101 · Ambulance 102

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

How safe is Pokhariya really?

No published homicide figure exists for Pokhariya itself, so the national rate stands in: Nepal recorded 2.1 homicides per 100,000 people in 2020 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Nepal is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 30.0), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Nepal at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-03-30). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Nepal 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 Nepal

Terrorism in Nepal · Civil disorder · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Sexual assault · Drink spiking · Methanol poisoning · Scams · Personal ID · Visiting holy places · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · LGBT+ travellers · Wildlife, animal products and souvenirs · Trekking in Nepal · Volunteering and adventure travel · +6 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 2.1 /100knational rate, 2020
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 30.0country, 2022
Human development: HDI 0.622country, 2023
Income: $6,250/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 243kurban centre · 5,926/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 16.3 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 59/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 52/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 34/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 5.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.63Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 53.2 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 17%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 1.0 doctors /1k0.5 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Nepal

Earthquake: 9.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 6.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%59

Peace25%100

Equality25%78

Development10%62

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 Pokhariya that gives 74.1/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Pokhariya compared with Bettiah

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Pokhariya, red favours Bettiah.
Measure	Pokhariya	Bettiah	Difference
Safety score	74.1	75.5	−1.4 — better for Bettiah
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	2.1 /100k	2.7 /100k	−0.6 /100k — better for Pokhariya
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0
Income inequality (Gini)	30.0	25.5	+4.5 — better for Bettiah
Human development (HDI)	0.622	0.685	−0.063 — better for Bettiah
Road deaths	16.3 /100k	15.6 /100k	+0.7 /100k — better for Bettiah
Rule of law	52/100	56/100	−4/100 — better for Bettiah
Corruption perceptions	34/100	39/100	−5/100 — better for Bettiah
Air quality (PM2.5)	53.2 µg/m³	54.1 µg/m³	−0.9 µg/m³ — better for Pokhariya
Natural-hazard risk	5.4/10	5.2/10	+0.2/10 — better for Bettiah

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 Bettiah →

Nearby cities

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