Is Tchin-Tabaraden safe?

Q: Is Tchin-Tabaraden safe?

Tchin-Tabaraden scores 58 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 4583 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).

Niger · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

58.2Moderate · rank 4583 / 6,168
safer than 26% of ranked cities

Tchin-Tabaraden is a city in Niger, home to about 139k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,583 of 6,168, with a safety score of 58.2 out of 100, which lands it in the middle band of the ranking.

US 4/4 Do not travel UK FCDO advises against all travel to this country

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.

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

How safe is Tchin-Tabaraden really?

No published homicide figure exists for Tchin-Tabaraden 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.

Tchin-Tabaraden also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 13 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 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

Terrorism in Niger · Terrorist kidnap · Security situation in Niger · Political situation · Criminal kidnapping · Scams · Personal ID · Ramadan · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Road safety · Public transport · Air travel · +1 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 4.4 /100knational rate, 2012
Conflict deaths: 13within 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: 139kurban centre · 15,495/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 Tchin-Tabaraden 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

Low homicide40%46

Peace25%71

Equality25%71

Development10%42

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 Tchin-Tabaraden that gives 58.2/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Tchin-Tabaraden compared with Maradi

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Tchin-Tabaraden, red favours Maradi.
Measure	Tchin-Tabaraden	Maradi	Difference
Safety score	58.2	53.4	+4.8 — better for Tchin-Tabaraden
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	4.4 /100k	4.4 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	13	80	−67 — better for Tchin-Tabaraden

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Niger, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Maradi →

Nearby cities

Abalak 65.3
Tahoua 53.5
Dakoro 65.3
Madaoua 65.3
Birni N'Konni 65.3
Amarawa, Nigeria 57.3
Agadez 65.3
Maradi 53.4

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