Timișoara scores 81 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 1803 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 Timișoara safe?

Romania · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

80.9Very high · rank 1803 / 6,168
safer than 71% of ranked cities

Timișoara is a city in Romania, home to about 319k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 1,803 of 6,168, with a safety score of 80.9 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.

US 1/4 Exercise normal precautions

Emergency 112 (ambulance, fire, police)

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

How safe is Timișoara really?

No published homicide figure exists for Timișoara itself, so the national rate stands in: Romania recorded 1.1 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Romania is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 29.8), 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 Romania at level 1 of 4 - "Exercise normal precautions" (updated 2025-10-13). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Romania 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 Romania

Terrorism in Romania · Political situation and demonstrations · Protecting your belongings · Drink spiking · Illegal drugs · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Road travel · Driving conditions · Accidents and vehicle damage · Toll roads · Taxis · Earthquakes

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.1 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 29.8country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.845country, 2023
Income: $49,550/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 319kurban centre · 5,411/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 10.3 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 69/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 63/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 45/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.80Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 16.0 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 82%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 3.6 doctors /1k7.2 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Romania

Earthquake: 6.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Flood: 6.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 2.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%70

Peace25%100

Equality25%78

Development10%85

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 Timișoara that gives 80.9/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Timișoara compared with Belgrade

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Timișoara, red favours Belgrade.
Measure	Timișoara	Belgrade	Difference
Safety score	80.9	77.6	+3.4 — better for Timișoara
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.1 /100k	1.4 /100k	−0.3 /100k — better for Timișoara
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0
Income inequality (Gini)	29.8	32.8	−3.0 — better for Timișoara
Human development (HDI)	0.845	0.833	+0.012 — better for Timișoara
Road deaths	10.3 /100k	7.5 /100k	+2.8 /100k — better for Belgrade
Rule of law	63/100	54/100	+9/100 — better for Timișoara
Corruption perceptions	45/100	33/100	+12/100 — better for Timișoara
Air quality (PM2.5)	16.0 µg/m³	19.3 µg/m³	−3.3 µg/m³ — better for Timișoara
Natural-hazard risk	2.8/10	3.4/10	−0.6/10 — better for Timișoara

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 Belgrade →

Nearby cities

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