Suva scores 74 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2964 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 Suva safe?

Fiji · Oceania · data updated 2026-09-04

74.0High · rank 2964 / 6,168
safer than 52% of ranked cities

Suva is a city in Fiji, home to about 226k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,964 of 6,168, with a safety score of 74.0 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency 911 (ambulance, fire, police) · Fire 910

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

How safe is Suva really?

No published homicide figure exists for Suva itself, so the national rate stands in: Fiji recorded 2.4 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. Fiji is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 30.7), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Fiji at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2024-12-01). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Fiji 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 Fiji

Terrorism in Fiji · Protests and demonstrations · Protecting your belongings · Sexual assault · Drink spiking and methanol poisoning · Scams · Mobile phone coverage · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · Kava-drinking ceremonies · Nudity · LGBT+ travellers · Water-based activities · Scuba diving · Road travel · +4 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 2.4 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 30.7country, 2019
Human development: HDI 0.731country, 2023
Income: $15,360/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 226kurban centre · 3,137/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 13.5 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 78/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 62/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 55/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 3.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.73Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 6.4 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 42%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.8 doctors /1k1.9 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Fiji

Tsunami: 7.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Cyclone: 6.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 3.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%57

Peace25%100

Equality25%76

Development10%73

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 Suva that gives 74.0/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Suva compared with Auckland

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Suva, red favours Auckland.
Measure	Suva	Auckland	Difference
Safety score	74.0	80.6	−6.6 — better for Auckland
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	2.4 /100k	1.5 /100k	+0.9 /100k — better for Auckland
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0
Income inequality (Gini)	30.7	no data	—
Human development (HDI)	0.731	0.938	−0.207 — better for Auckland
Road deaths	13.5 /100k	9.6 /100k	+3.9 /100k — better for Auckland
Rule of law	62/100	86/100	−24/100 — better for Auckland
Corruption perceptions	55/100	81/100	−26/100 — better for Auckland
Air quality (PM2.5)	6.4 µg/m³	6.9 µg/m³	−0.5 µg/m³ — better for Suva
Natural-hazard risk	3.1/10	1.6/10	+1.5/10 — better for Auckland

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 Auckland →

Nearby cities

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