Rabat scores 71 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 3234 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 Rabat safe?

Morocco · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

71.4High · rank 3234 / 6,168
safer than 48% of ranked cities

Rabat is a city in Morocco, home to about 2.1M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 3,234 of 6,168, with a safety score of 71.4 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Emergency Ambulance 150 · Fire 150 · Police 190

Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Morocco as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.

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

How safe is Rabat really?

No published homicide figure exists for Rabat itself, so the national rate stands in: Morocco recorded 1.7 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. Morocco's income inequality is middling (Gini 39.5) - 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 Morocco at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2025-04-20). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Morocco 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 Morocco

Terrorism in Morocco · Political situation · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Scams · Bogus tourist guides · Marriage fraud · Methanol poisoning · Ramadan · Laws against religious conversion · Sexual relations outside of marriage · LGBT+ travellers · Alcohol laws · Illegal drugs · Women travellers · +16 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.7 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 39.5country, 2013
Human development: HDI 0.710country, 2023
Income: $10,960/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 2.1Murban centre · 10,244/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 17.0 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 58/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 51/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 39/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 4.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.67Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 18.7 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 80%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.7 doctors /1k0.7 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Morocco

Drought: 6.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 5.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 4.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 4.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Morocco (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%63

Peace25%100

Equality25%57

Development10%71

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 Rabat that gives 71.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Rabat compared with Kenitra

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Rabat, red favours Kenitra.
Measure	Rabat	Kenitra	Difference
Safety score	71.4	71.4	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.7 /100k	1.7 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

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

Nearby cities

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