Is Wajid safe?
Somalia · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04
Wajid is a city in Somalia, home to about 115k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. For Wajid there is not enough published data for an honest score - fewer than half of the ranking's factors are measured here, so it is listed as "no data" rather than guessed at.
Emergency Ambulance 999 · Fire 555 · Police 888
- US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for Somalia, updated 2026-05-20.
- UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country1 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
- Same-sex activity criminalized - death penalty in lawLaw on the books in Somalia as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.
Deadliest recorded locations nearby
- Yeed and Aato villages80 deaths · 2 events
- El-Dhun Adegow60 deaths · 1 event
- road between Yeed amd Wajid and road between El Barde and the town of Huddur // Booco area near Rabdhuure district50 deaths · 1 event
UCDP-recorded organized-violence deaths within 100 km of Wajid, 2022-2024, at the locations the source itself names. Conflict deaths, not street crime.
Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country
- Parts of Somalia, including Somaliland
Named in the official UK travel advice for Somalia (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Wajid.
How safe is Wajid really?
Neither Wajid nor Somalia has a published homicide rate in the sources this site uses (UNODC and the Igarapé Homicide Monitor), so the strongest single indicator of city safety is simply missing here.
Wajid also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 390 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 48 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss. The deadliest recorded locations in that radius were Yeed and Aato villages (80 deaths), El-Dhun Adegow (60 deaths), road between Yeed amd Wajid and road between El Barde and the town of Huddur // Booco area near Rabdhuure district (50 deaths).
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Somalia at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2026-05-20). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 1 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 Somalia
Terrorism in Somalia · Terrorist kidnaps · Political situation · Crime · Personal ID · Ramadan · Public offences · Alcohol laws and bans · Illegal drugs and prison sentences · LGBT+ travellers · Money · Road travel · Sea travel · Flooding
Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Somalia — country-level, not specific to Wajid. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- no data
- Conflict deaths
- 390within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- no datacountry,
- Human development
- HDI 0.404country, 2023
- Income
- $1,640/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 115kurban centre · 19,173/km²
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 27.4 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 27/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 19/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 9/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 8.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.46Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 18.5 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 0.1 doctors /1k0.9 hospital beds per 1,000
- Malaria
- 53 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only
Natural hazards in Somalia
- Drought
- 10.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Flood
- 7.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Tsunami
- 6.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Cyclone
- 1.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Earthquake
- 1.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Somalia as a whole, not Wajid specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Somalia, with the death penalty applying in law (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.
All country-level figures shared by every city in Somalia; 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. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Wajid compared with Mandera
| Measure | Wajid | Mandera | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | no data | 52.1 | — |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | no data | 4.7 /100k | — |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 390 | 77 | +313 — better for Mandera |
| Income inequality (Gini) | no data | 38.5 | — |
| Human development (HDI) | 0.404 | 0.628 | −0.224 — better for Mandera |
| Road deaths | 27.4 /100k | 28.3 /100k | −0.9 /100k — better for Wajid |
| Rule of law | 19/100 | 49/100 | −30/100 — better for Mandera |
| Corruption perceptions | 9/100 | 30/100 | −21/100 — better for Mandera |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | 18.5 µg/m³ | 20.3 µg/m³ | −1.8 µg/m³ — better for Wajid |
| Natural-hazard risk | 8.2/10 | 6.1/10 | +2.1/10 — better for Mandera |
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 Mandera →
Nearby cities
- Baidoa n/a
- Buurhakaba n/a
- Mandera, Kenya 52.1
- Bardera n/a
- Wanlaweyn n/a
- Melka Chireti, Ethiopia 60.6
- Gode, Ethiopia 62.5
- Beledweyne n/a
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