Is Valle de La Pascua safe?
Venezuela · South America · data updated 2026-09-04
Valle de La Pascua is a city in Venezuela, home to about 104k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,974 of 6,168, with a safety score of 53.7 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.
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- US State Department: Reconsider travelOfficial travel advisory level 3 of 4 for Venezuela, updated 2026-03-18.
- UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country18 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
- Elevated homicide rate13.81 homicides per 100,000 per year (national rate), about 5× the global city median.
Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country
- Border areas
- Bolívar
- Delta Amacuro
- Zulia
- The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the remaining areas of Venezuela
- within 80km (50 miles) of the border with Colombia
- within 40km (25 miles) of the border with Brazil
- within 40km (25 miles) of the border with Guyana
- all of Cedeño Municipality
- the northern part of Sucre Municipality, from the Orinoco river to 80km south of the Troncal 19 road
- all of Heres Municpality
- the northern part of Raul Leoni Municipality, north of the Rio Paragua
- all of Caroni Municipality
- all of Piar Municipality
- all of Padre Pedro Chien Municipality
- all of Roscio Municipality
- all of El Callo Municipality
- all of Sifontes Municipality
Named in the official UK travel advice for Venezuela (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Valle de La Pascua.
How safe is Valle de La Pascua really?
No published homicide figure exists for Valle de La Pascua itself, so the national rate stands in: Venezuela recorded 14 homicides per 100,000 people in 2023 - roughly 5 times the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Venezuela's income inequality is middling (Gini 44.7) - 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 Venezuela at level 3 of 4 - "Reconsider travel" (updated 2026-03-18). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 18 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 Venezuela
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Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Venezuela — country-level, not specific to Valle de La Pascua. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 14 /100knational rate, 2023 · ~5× the global city median
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 44.7country, 2006
- Human development
- HDI 0.709country, 2023
- Income
- $20,840/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 104kurban centre · 5,211/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 39.0 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 36/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 19/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 10/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 6.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.64Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 19.2 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 1.7 doctors /1k1.0 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 8 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Venezuela
- Earthquake
- 8.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Flood
- 5.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Cyclone
- 5.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Tsunami
- 5.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 1.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Venezuela as a whole, not Valle de La Pascua specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Venezuela (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Venezuela; 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 Valle de La Pascua that gives 53.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Valle de La Pascua compared with Caracas
| Measure | Valle de La Pascua | Caracas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 53.7 | 36.0 | +17.7 — better for Valle de La Pascua |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 14 /100k | 48 /100k | −34 /100k — better for Valle de La Pascua |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 26 | −26 — better for Valle de La Pascua |
Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Venezuela, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Caracas →
Nearby cities
- Santa Teresa del Tuy 38.6
- Charallave 36.0
- Guarenas 38.6
- Calabozo 53.7
- San Juan de Los Morros 44.7
- San Antonio de los Altos [Los Teques] 36.0
- Anaco 51.8
- Caracas 36.0
See Valle de La Pascua on the interactive map → · Safest cities in South America → · Full travel briefings →