San Rafael scores 65 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 3970 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 San Rafael safe?

Argentina · South America · data updated 2026-09-04

65.3High · rank 3970 / 6,168
safer than 36% of ranked cities

San Rafael is a city in Argentina, home to about 121k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 3,970 of 6,168, with a safety score of 65.3 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency Ambulance 107 · Fire 100 · Police 911 or 101

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

How safe is San Rafael really?

No published homicide figure exists for San Rafael itself, so the national rate stands in: Argentina recorded 3.9 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. Argentina's income inequality is middling (Gini 42.4) - 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 Argentina at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-07-09). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Argentina 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 Argentina

Terrorism in Argentina · Political protests · Demonstrations · Protecting your belongings · Street crime and scams · Violent crime · Criminal kidnapping · Drink and food spiking and scams · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · LGBT+ travellers · Legal action against oil and gas companies · Surrogacy · Outdoor activities and adventure tourism · Road travel · +7 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 3.9 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 42.4country, 2024
Human development: HDI 0.865country, 2023
Income: $31,920/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 121kurban centre · 3,657/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 14.1 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 63/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 53/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 36/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.79Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 14.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 5.1 doctors /1k3.4 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Argentina

Flood: 7.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 5.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 5.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Argentina as a whole, not San Rafael specifically.

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%48

Peace25%100

Equality25%50

Development10%87

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 San Rafael that gives 65.3/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

San Rafael compared with Mendoza

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours San Rafael, red favours Mendoza.
Measure	San Rafael	Mendoza	Difference
Safety score	65.3	65.0	+0.3 — better for San Rafael
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	3.9 /100k	4.1 /100k	−0.2 /100k — better for San Rafael
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

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

Nearby cities

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