Is Sapate safe?
Curaçao · North America · data updated 2026-09-04
Sapate is a city in Curaçao, home to about 111k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,067 of 6,168, with a safety score of 52.1 out of 100, which lands it in the middle band of the ranking.
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- Elevated homicide rate16.92 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 6× the global city median.
No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Curaçao are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Sapate really?
No published homicide figure exists for Sapate itself, so the national rate stands in: Curaçao recorded 17 homicides per 100,000 people in 2007 - roughly 6 times the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Curaçao at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-08-19). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Curaçao 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 Curaçao
Terrorism in Curaçao · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Drug smuggling · Personal ID · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Taxis · Hurricanes
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Curaçao — country-level, not specific to Sapate. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 17 /100knational rate, 2007 · ~6× the global city median
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- no datacountry,
- Human development
- no datacountry,
- Income
- $33,330/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 111kurban centre · 1,974/km²
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 Sapate that gives 52.1/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Sapate compared with Barquisimeto
| Measure | Sapate | Barquisimeto | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 52.1 | 45.7 | +6.5 — better for Sapate |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 17 /100k | 23 /100k | −6.3 /100k — better for Sapate |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 4 | −4 — better for Sapate |
| Income inequality (Gini) | no data | 44.7 | — |
| Human development (HDI) | no data | 0.709 | — |
| Road deaths | no data | 39.0 /100k | — |
| Rule of law | no data | 19/100 | — |
| Corruption perceptions | no data | 10/100 | — |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | no data | 19.2 µg/m³ | — |
| Natural-hazard risk | no data | 6.4/10 | — |
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 Barquisimeto →
Nearby cities
- Coro, Venezuela 53.7
- Punto Fijo, Venezuela 54.1
- Puerto Cabello, Venezuela 48.8
- Barquisimeto, Venezuela 45.7
- Cabudare, Venezuela 45.7
- Valencia, Venezuela 44.2
- Carora, Venezuela 50.7
- Maracay, Venezuela 40.7
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