Vigo scores 83 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 485 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 Vigo safe?

Spain · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

82.7Very high · rank 485 / 6,168
safer than 92% of ranked cities

Vigo is a city in Spain, home to about 290k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 485 of 6,168, with a safety score of 82.7 out of 100 - among the safest cities in this dataset.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Emergency 112 (ambulance, fire, police)

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

How safe is Vigo really?

No published homicide figure exists for Vigo itself, so the national rate stands in: Spain recorded 0.7 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. Spain's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.4) - 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 Spain at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2025-05-11). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Spain 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 Spain

Terrorism in Spain · Political situation · Lost or stolen passports · Protecting your belongings · Vehicle crime · Attacks and sexual assault · Drink spiking and alcohol · Scams · Timeshares and holiday clubs · Personal ID · Alcohol laws and bans · Alcohol laws in the Balearic Islands · Falls from height · Illegal drugs · +16 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.7 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 33.4country, 2023
Human development: HDI 0.918country, 2023
Income: $59,830/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 290kurban centre · 4,324/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 3.9 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 66/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 73/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 55/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.86Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 10.1 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 100%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 4.3 doctors /1k2.9 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Spain

Flood: 6.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 4.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 3.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 2.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

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

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%77

Peace25%100

Equality25%70

Development10%92

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 Vigo that gives 82.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Vigo compared with Porto

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Vigo, red favours Porto.
Measure	Vigo	Porto	Difference
Safety score	82.7	82.3	+0.4 — better for Vigo
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.7 /100k	0.7 /100k	+0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0
Income inequality (Gini)	33.4	33.9	−0.5 — better for Vigo
Human development (HDI)	0.918	0.890	+0.028 — better for Vigo
Road deaths	3.9 /100k	8.2 /100k	−4.3 /100k — better for Vigo
Rule of law	73/100	75/100	−2/100 — better for Porto
Corruption perceptions	55/100	56/100	−1/100 — better for Porto
Air quality (PM2.5)	10.1 µg/m³	8.8 µg/m³	+1.3 µg/m³ — better for Porto
Natural-hazard risk	2.5/10	1.9/10	+0.6/10 — better for Porto

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 Porto →

Nearby cities

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