Is Tbilisi safe?
Georgia · Asia · data updated 2026-09-04
Tbilisi is a city in Georgia, home to about 907k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,921 of 6,168, with a safety score of 74.3 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.
Emergency 112 (ambulance, fire, police)
- UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country3 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country
- South Ossetia and Abkhazia
- South Ossetia
- Abkhazia
Named in the official UK travel advice for Georgia (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Tbilisi.
How safe is Tbilisi really?
The most direct evidence is measured in the city itself: Tbilisi recorded 1.6 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2016 - close to the global city median. Georgia's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.9) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.
Tbilisi also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 1 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 1 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Georgia at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2025-03-12). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 3 specific areas - listed above with the official advisory linked for exact boundaries and exceptions. 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 Georgia
Terrorism in Georgia · Political situation · Drink spiking · Personal ID · Dress codes and behaviour in public · Money · Illegal drugs · Using cameras · Using Drones · LGBT+ travellers · Surrogacy · Trade with South Ossetia and Abkhazia · Outdoor activities and adventure tourism · Taxis · +5 more
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Georgia — country-level, not specific to Tbilisi. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 1.6 /100kcity-measured, 2016
- Conflict deaths
- 1within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 33.9country, 2024
- Human development
- HDI 0.844country, 2023
- Income
- $27,570/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 907kurban centre · 8,096/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 12.4 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 55/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 60/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 50/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 3.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.80Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 18.6 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 71%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 5.6 doctors /1k4.0 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 0 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Georgia
- Earthquake
- 7.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Flood
- 6.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 5.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Georgia as a whole, not Tbilisi specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Georgia (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Georgia; 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 Tbilisi that gives 74.3/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Tbilisi compared with Yerevan
| Measure | Tbilisi | Yerevan | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 74.3 | 64.9 | +9.4 — better for Tbilisi |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 1.6 /100k | 2.1 /100k | −0.5 /100k — better for Tbilisi |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 1 | 105 | −104 — better for Tbilisi |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 33.9 | 27.4 | +6.5 — better for Yerevan |
| Human development (HDI) | 0.844 | 0.811 | +0.033 — better for Tbilisi |
| Road deaths | 12.4 /100k | 20.0 /100k | −7.6 /100k — better for Tbilisi |
| Rule of law | 60/100 | 55/100 | +5/100 — better for Tbilisi |
| Corruption perceptions | 50/100 | 46/100 | +4/100 — better for Tbilisi |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | 18.6 µg/m³ | 28.6 µg/m³ | −10.0 µg/m³ — better for Tbilisi |
| Natural-hazard risk | 3.4/10 | 3.2/10 | +0.2/10 — better for Yerevan |
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 Yerevan →
Nearby cities
- Vladikavkaz, Russia 54.5
- Nazran, Russia 54.6
- Ganja, Azerbaijan 66.3
- Yerevan, Armenia 64.9
- Sunzha, Russia 54.6
- Kutaisi 74.5
- Grozny, Russia 54.3
- Mingachevir, Azerbaijan 61.3
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