Rạch Giá scores 74 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2869 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 Rạch Giá safe?

Vietnam · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04

74.4High · rank 2869 / 6,168
safer than 53% of ranked cities

Rạch Giá is a city in Vietnam, home to about 274k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,869 of 6,168, with a safety score of 74.4 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency Ambulance 115 · Fire 114 · Police 113 · National search and rescue 112 · Hotline for child protection 111

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

How safe is Rạch Giá really?

No published homicide figure exists for Rạch Giá itself, so the national rate stands in: Vietnam recorded 1.5 homicides per 100,000 people in 2011 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Vietnam's income inequality is middling (Gini 36.1) - 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 Vietnam at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-06-23). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Vietnam 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 Vietnam

Terrorism in Vietnam · Political situation · Internet censorship · Freedom of expression · Civil unrest · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Drink spiking and sexual assault · Methanol poisoning · Job scams · Transfers from airports and stations · Personal ID · Illegal drugs penalties · Cigarettes and alcohol from street vendors · LGBT+ travellers · +16 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.5 /100knational rate, 2011
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 36.1country, 2022
Human development: HDI 0.766country, 2023
Income: $17,580/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 274kurban centre · 4,890/km²
Nearest airport: 67 kmCan Tho International Airport (VCA)

Straight-line distance from the city centre, not drive time. Scheduled-service airports only (OurAirports).

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 30.6 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 66/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 52/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 41/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.72Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 24.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 59%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 1.1 doctors /1k2.5 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Vietnam

Flood: 9.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Cyclone: 5.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 5.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 4.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 3.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Vietnam as a whole, not Rạch Giá specifically.

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%64

Peace25%100

Equality25%64

Development10%77

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 Rạch Giá that gives 74.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Rạch Giá compared with Long Xuyên

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Rạch Giá, red favours Long Xuyên.
Measure	Rạch Giá	Long Xuyên	Difference
Safety score	74.4	74.4	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.5 /100k	1.5 /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 Vietnam, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Long Xuyên →

Nearby cities

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