Is Rosh HaAyin safe?
Israel · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04
Rosh HaAyin is a city in Israel, home to about 112k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,639 of 6,168, with a safety score of 43.5 out of 100, which lands it in the middle band of the ranking.
Emergency Ambulance 101 · Fire 102 · Police 100
- Armed conflict nearbyUCDP recorded 41,012 deaths from organized violence within 100 km in 2022-2024 (3,059 events). Crime figures do not capture war risk.
- US State Department: Reconsider travelOfficial travel advisory level 3 of 4 for Israel, updated 2026-08-25.
- UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country9 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
Deadliest recorded locations nearby
- Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza city471 deaths · 1 event
- Gaza governorate388 deaths · 30 events
- Rave party near kibbutz reim Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Reim366 deaths · 1 event
UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Rosh HaAyin, 2022-2024, at the locations the source itself names. Conflict deaths, not street crime.
Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country
- Gaza
- Areas near Gaza
- The West Bank
- Northern Israel and Occupied Golan Heights
- Tulkarm Governorate, Jenin Governorate, and Tubas Governorate except Route 90
- Areas north of Route 89 between Nahariyya and Dalton; north of a straight eastward line from Dalton to Route 91; and north of Route 91 across the Golan Heights, excluding routes 89 and 91 themselves
- Within 500m of the Area of Separation in the occupied Golan Heights (the ‘Alpha line’). Do not attempt to enter the occupied Golan Heights through Syria
- Sheba’a Farms and Ghajja
- West Bank
Named in the official UK travel advice for Israel (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Rosh HaAyin.
How safe is Rosh HaAyin really?
No published homicide figure exists for Rosh HaAyin itself, so the national rate stands in: Israel recorded 3.7 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. Israel's income inequality is middling (Gini 38.3) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.
Crime statistics are not the main story here: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program recorded 41,012 deaths from organized violence - war, armed conflict, militia or cartel fighting - within 100 km of Rosh HaAyin across 3,059 events in 2022-2024. That is active-conflict territory, and ordinary crime figures say nothing about it. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza city (471 deaths), Gaza governorate (388 deaths), Rave party near kibbutz reim Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Reim (366 deaths).
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Israel at level 3 of 4 - "Reconsider travel" (updated 2026-08-25). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 9 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.
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Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Israel — country-level, not specific to Rosh HaAyin. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 3.7 /100knational rate, 2024
- Conflict deaths
- 41,012within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 38.3country, 2022
- Human development
- HDI 0.919country, 2023
- Income
- $58,870/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 112kurban centre · 5,088/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 3.9 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 48/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 67/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 62/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 3.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.70Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 21.9 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 100%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 3.8 doctors /1k3.1 hospital beds per 1,000
Natural hazards in Israel
- Earthquake
- 6.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 5.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Tsunami
- 2.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Israel as a whole, not Rosh HaAyin specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Israel (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Israel; 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 Rosh HaAyin that gives 43.5/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Rosh HaAyin compared with Tel Aviv
| Measure | Rosh HaAyin | Tel Aviv | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 43.5 | 43.5 | ±0.0 |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 3.7 /100k | 3.7 /100k | ±0.0 /100k |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 41,012 | 45,363 | −4,351 — better for Rosh HaAyin |
Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Israel, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Tel Aviv →
Nearby cities
- Tel Aviv 43.5
- Modiin-Maccabim-Reut 43.5
- Netanya 43.5
- Rehovot 43.5
- Nablus, Palestine 66.2
- East Jerusalem, Palestine 60.5
- Jerusalem 43.5
- Ashdod 43.5
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