Is Singapore safe?
Singapore · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04
Singapore is a city in Singapore, home to about 5.0M people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2 of 6,168, with a safety score of 99.3 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.
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No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Singapore are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Singapore really?
No published homicide figure exists for Singapore itself, so the national rate stands in: Singapore recorded 0.2 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - well below 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 Singapore at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2026-03-08). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Singapore 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 Singapore
Terrorism in Singapore · Protecting your belongings · Scams · Public offences · Personal ID · Outrage of modesty · Alcohol laws and bans · Vaporisers, smoking and e-cigarette bans · Illegal drugs · Arrests and detentions · Death penalty · LGBT+ travellers · National Service for British dual nationals and permanent residents · Protests and public demonstrations · +5 more
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Singapore — country-level, not specific to Singapore. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 0.2 /100knational rate, 2024
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- no datacountry,
- Human development
- HDI 0.946country, 2023
- Income
- $135,750/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 5.0Murban centre · 13,526/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 2.1 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 87/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 82/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 84/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 0.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.88Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 15.1 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 100%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 2.8 doctors /1k2.8 hospital beds per 1,000
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Singapore (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Singapore; 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 Singapore that gives 99.3/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Singapore compared with Johor Bahru
| Measure | Singapore | Johor Bahru | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 99.3 | 80.3 | +19.0 — better for Singapore |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 0.2 /100k | 0.5 /100k | −0.3 /100k — better for Singapore |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
| Income inequality (Gini) | no data | 40.7 | — |
| Human development (HDI) | 0.946 | 0.819 | +0.127 — better for Singapore |
| Road deaths | 2.1 /100k | 22.5 /100k | −20.4 /100k — better for Singapore |
| Rule of law | 82/100 | 63/100 | +19/100 — better for Singapore |
| Corruption perceptions | 84/100 | 52/100 | +32/100 — better for Singapore |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | 15.1 µg/m³ | 15.9 µg/m³ | −0.8 µg/m³ — better for Singapore |
| Natural-hazard risk | 0.7/10 | 3.2/10 | −2.5/10 — better for Singapore |
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 Johor Bahru →
Nearby cities
- Johor Bahru, Malaysia 80.3
- Batam City, Indonesia 84.2
- Kulai, Malaysia 80.3
- Tanjung Balai Karimun, Indonesia 84.2
- Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia 84.2
- Kluang, Malaysia 83.8
- Batu Pahat, Malaysia 79.0
- Selatpanjang, Indonesia 84.2
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