Is Taourirt safe?
Morocco · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04
Taourirt is a city in Morocco, home to about 120k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 3,259 of 6,168, with a safety score of 71.4 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.
Emergency Ambulance 150 · Fire 150 · Police 190
- Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Morocco 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 Morocco are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Taourirt really?
No published homicide figure exists for Taourirt itself, so the national rate stands in: Morocco recorded 1.7 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. Morocco's income inequality is middling (Gini 39.5) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Morocco at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2025-04-20). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Morocco 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 Morocco
Terrorism in Morocco · Political situation · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Scams · Bogus tourist guides · Marriage fraud · Methanol poisoning · Ramadan · Laws against religious conversion · Sexual relations outside of marriage · LGBT+ travellers · Alcohol laws · Illegal drugs · Women travellers · +16 more
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Morocco — country-level, not specific to Taourirt. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 1.7 /100knational rate, 2024
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 39.5country, 2013
- Human development
- HDI 0.710country, 2023
- Income
- $10,960/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 120kurban centre · 7,992/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 17.0 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 58/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 51/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 39/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 4.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.67Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 18.7 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 80%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 0.7 doctors /1k0.7 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Morocco
- Drought
- 6.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Flood
- 5.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Tsunami
- 4.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Earthquake
- 4.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Morocco as a whole, not Taourirt specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Morocco (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.
All country-level figures shared by every city in Morocco; 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 Taourirt that gives 71.4/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Taourirt compared with Oujda
| Measure | Taourirt | Oujda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 71.4 | 71.4 | ±0.0 |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 1.7 /100k | 1.7 /100k | ±0.0 /100k |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Morocco, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Oujda →
Nearby cities
- Guercif 71.4
- Berkane 71.4
- Nador 71.4
- Oujda 71.4
- Taza 71.4
- Maghnia, Algeria 79.9
- Tlemcen, Algeria 79.9
- Sefrou 65.4
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