Sévaré scores 43 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 5671 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 Sévaré safe?

Mali · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

43.0Moderate · rank 5671 / 6,168
safer than 8% of ranked cities

Sévaré is a city in Mali, home to about 143k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 5,671 of 6,168, with a safety score of 43.0 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.

UK FCDO advises against all travel to this country

Emergency Police 17 · Ambulance 15 · Fire 18

Armed conflict nearbyUCDP recorded 1,399 deaths from organized violence within 100 km in 2022-2024 (246 events). Crime figures do not capture war risk.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2026-07-10.

Deadliest recorded locations nearby

Mourrah/Moura village, Mopti region 17 km northeast of Kouakourou in the circle of Djenne313 deaths · 1 event
#GouniHabé between sofara and sevaré behind the Hill near #somadougou50 deaths · 1 event
Sevare46 deaths · 3 events

UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Sévaré, 2022-2024, at the locations the source itself names. Conflict deaths, not street crime.

How safe is Sévaré really?

Neither Sévaré nor Mali has a published homicide rate in the sources this site uses (UNODC and the Igarapé Homicide Monitor), so the strongest single indicator of city safety is simply missing here. Mali's income inequality is middling (Gini 35.7) - 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 1,399 deaths from organized violence - war, armed conflict, militia or cartel fighting - within 100 km of Sévaré across 246 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 Mourrah/Moura village, Mopti region 17 km northeast of Kouakourou in the circle of Djenne (313 deaths), #GouniHabé between sofara and sevaré behind the Hill near #somadougou (50 deaths), Sevare (46 deaths).

What the travel advisories say

The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to this country. 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 Mali

Terrorism in Mali · Terrorist kidnap · Political situation · Personal safety · Criminal kidnapping · Vehicle crime · Personal ID · Ramadan · Using cameras · Commercial disputes · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Road safety · Fuel shortages · +2 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: no data
Conflict deaths: 1,399within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 35.7country, 2021
Human development: HDI 0.419country, 2023
Income: $3,400/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 143kurban centre · 5,973/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 22.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 23/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 38/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 28/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 7.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.48Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 35.5 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.2 doctors /1k0.3 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 346 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Mali

Flood: 7.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 6.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Mali as a whole, not Sévaré specifically.

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%no data

Peace25%21

Equality25%65

Development10%42

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 Sévaré that gives 43.0/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Sévaré compared with Ouagadougou

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Sévaré, red favours Ouagadougou.
Measure	Sévaré	Ouagadougou	Difference
Safety score	43.0	50.3	−7.3 — better for Ouagadougou
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	no data	no data	—
Conflict deaths within 100 km	1,399	227	+1,172 — better for Ouagadougou
Income inequality (Gini)	35.7	37.4	−1.7 — better for Sévaré
Human development (HDI)	0.419	0.459	−0.040 — better for Ouagadougou
Road deaths	22.7 /100k	31.0 /100k	−8.3 /100k — better for Sévaré
Rule of law	38/100	42/100	−4/100 — better for Ouagadougou
Corruption perceptions	28/100	40/100	−12/100 — better for Ouagadougou
Air quality (PM2.5)	35.5 µg/m³	37.3 µg/m³	−1.8 µg/m³ — better for Sévaré
Natural-hazard risk	7.3/10	7.3/10	±0.0/10

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 Ouagadougou →

Nearby cities

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