Is Siguiri safe?
Guinea · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04
Siguiri is a city in Guinea, home to about 297k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,966 of 6,168, with a safety score of 74.0 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.
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- Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Guinea as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.
No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Guinea are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Siguiri really?
Neither Siguiri nor Guinea 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. Guinea is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 29.6), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.
Siguiri also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 6 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 3 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Guinea at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-02-24). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Guinea 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 Guinea
Terrorism in Guinea · Political situation · Security situation · Vehicle crime · Protecting yourself and your possessions · Scams and extortion · Detention · Personal ID · Illegal drugs · Using cameras in secure areas · Money · LGBT+ travellers · Precious stones · Road travel · +4 more
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Guinea — country-level, not specific to Siguiri. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- no data
- Conflict deaths
- 6within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 29.6country, 2018
- Human development
- HDI 0.500country, 2023
- Income
- $4,730/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 297kurban centre · 6,466/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 29.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 48/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 37/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 26/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 4.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.53Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 27.3 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
- 286 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Guinea
- Flood
- 5.5/10EU 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 Guinea as a whole, not Siguiri specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Guinea (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.
All country-level figures shared by every city in Guinea; 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 Siguiri that gives 74.0/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Siguiri compared with Bamako
| Measure | Siguiri | Bamako | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 74.0 | 54.1 | +19.9 — better for Siguiri |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | no data | no data | — |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 6 | 119 | −113 — better for Siguiri |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 29.6 | 35.7 | −6.1 — better for Siguiri |
| Human development (HDI) | 0.500 | 0.419 | +0.081 — better for Siguiri |
| Road deaths | 29.7 /100k | 22.7 /100k | +7.0 /100k — better for Bamako |
| Rule of law | 37/100 | 38/100 | −1/100 — better for Bamako |
| Corruption perceptions | 26/100 | 28/100 | −2/100 — better for Bamako |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | 27.3 µg/m³ | 35.5 µg/m³ | −8.2 µg/m³ — better for Siguiri |
| Natural-hazard risk | 4.8/10 | 7.3/10 | −2.5/10 — better for Siguiri |
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 Bamako →
Nearby cities
- Kankan 82.8
- Bamako, Mali 54.1
- Faranah 82.8
- Kissidougou 82.8
- Labé 82.8
- Koidu Town, Sierra Leone 69.1
- Sikasso, Mali 53.7
- Ségou, Mali 51.6
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