Is Tahoua safe?
Niger · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04
Tahoua is a city in Niger, home to about 342k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,987 of 6,168, with a safety score of 53.5 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.
Emergency Ambulance 15 · Fire 18 · Police 17
- US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Niger, updated 2025-10-30.
- UK FCDO advises against all travel to this countryOfficial UK government travel advice, updated 2026-08-29.
Deadliest recorded locations nearby
- Northwest of #Tabatol (valley of #Takanamatt , border #Mali53 deaths · 1 event
- Takanamatt11 deaths · 1 event
- Between the villages of Zarbade (or Zarboule) and Sarrou, situated between Tébaram and Takanamatt8 deaths · 1 event
UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Tahoua, 2022-2024, at the locations the source itself names. Conflict deaths, not street crime.
How safe is Tahoua really?
No published homicide figure exists for Tahoua itself, so the national rate stands in: Niger recorded 4.4 homicides per 100,000 people in 2012 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Niger's income inequality is middling (Gini 32.9) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.
Tahoua also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 78 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 4 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Northwest of #Tabatol (valley of #Takanamatt , border #Mali (53 deaths), Takanamatt (11 deaths), Between the villages of Zarbade (or Zarboule) and Sarrou, situated between Tébaram and Takanamatt (8 deaths).
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Niger at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2025-10-30). 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 Niger
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Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Niger — country-level, not specific to Tahoua. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 4.4 /100knational rate, 2012
- Conflict deaths
- 78within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 32.9country, 2021
- Human development
- HDI 0.419country, 2023
- Income
- $2,150/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 342kurban centre · 11,040/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 25.5 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 36/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 41/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 31/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 7.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.49Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 65.2 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 0.0 doctors /1k0.3 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 305 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Niger
- Flood
- 6.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 5.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Niger as a whole, not Tahoua specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Niger (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Niger; 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 Tahoua that gives 53.5/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Tahoua compared with Sokoto
| Measure | Tahoua | Sokoto | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 53.5 | 52.0 | +1.5 — better for Tahoua |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 4.4 /100k | 16 /100k | −11 /100k — better for Tahoua |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 78 | 6 | +72 — better for Sokoto |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 32.9 | 33.9 | −1.0 — better for Tahoua |
| Human development (HDI) | 0.419 | 0.560 | −0.141 — better for Sokoto |
| Road deaths | 25.5 /100k | 20.7 /100k | +4.8 /100k — better for Sokoto |
| Rule of law | 41/100 | 40/100 | +1/100 — better for Tahoua |
| Corruption perceptions | 31/100 | 26/100 | +5/100 — better for Tahoua |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | 65.2 µg/m³ | 65.7 µg/m³ | −0.5 µg/m³ — better for Tahoua |
| Natural-hazard risk | 7.8/10 | 7.2/10 | +0.6/10 — better for Sokoto |
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 Sokoto →
Nearby cities
- Madaoua 65.3
- Birni N'Konni 65.3
- Abalak 65.3
- Tchin-Tabaraden 58.2
- Amarawa, Nigeria 57.3
- Dakoro 65.3
- Dogondoutchi 56.8
- Sokoto, Nigeria 52.0
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