Saint-Denis scores 76 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2166 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 Saint-Denis Safe? Safety Score 76/100 — Réunion

Is Saint-Denis safe?

Réunion · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

76.4High · rank 2166 / 6,168
safer than 65% of ranked cities

Saint-Denis is a city in Réunion, home to about 142k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,166 of 6,168, with a safety score of 76.4 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

Emergency 112 (ambulance, fire, police) · Ambulance 15 · Fire 18 · Police 17

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

How safe is Saint-Denis really?

No published homicide figure exists for Saint-Denis itself, so the national rate stands in: Réunion recorded 1.8 homicides per 100,000 people in 2009 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average.

What the travel advisories say

The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Réunion 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 Réunion

Terrorism in Réunion · Swimming safety · Scuba diving · Road travel · Tropical cyclones · Volcanic eruptions

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.8 /100knational rate, 2009
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: no datacountry,
Human development: no datacountry,
Income: no dataGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 142kurban centre · 3,464/km²
Nearest airport: 4 kmRoland Garros Airport (RUN) · also ZSE, 46 km

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%62

Peace25%100

Equality25%no data

Development10%no data

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 Saint-Denis that gives 76.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Saint-Denis compared with Port Louis

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Saint-Denis, red favours Port Louis.
Measure	Saint-Denis	Port Louis	Difference
Safety score	76.4	70.6	+5.8 — better for Saint-Denis
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.8 /100k	2.7 /100k	−0.9 /100k — better for Saint-Denis
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0
Income inequality (Gini)	no data	36.8	—
Human development (HDI)	no data	0.806	—
Road deaths	no data	12.2 /100k	—
Rule of law	no data	68/100	—
Corruption perceptions	no data	48/100	—
Air quality (PM2.5)	no data	14.1 µg/m³	—
Natural-hazard risk	no data	2.0/10	—

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 Port Louis →