Yendi scores 63 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 4193 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 Yendi safe?

Ghana · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

63.3High · rank 4193 / 6,168
safer than 32% of ranked cities

Yendi is a city in Ghana, home to about 161k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,193 of 6,168, with a safety score of 63.3 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of this country

Emergency 999 or 112 (ambulance, fire, police, coast guard and mountain rescue) · 192 (police)

UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of this country1 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.
Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Ghana as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Bawku Municipality

Named in the official UK travel advice for Ghana (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Yendi.

How safe is Yendi really?

No published homicide figure exists for Yendi itself, so the national rate stands in: Ghana recorded 1.8 homicides per 100,000 people in 2022 - close to the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Ghana's income inequality is middling (Gini 43.5) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Yendi also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 4 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 Ghana at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-07-06). The UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential 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 Ghana

Terrorism in Ghana · Political situation · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Safety at beaches · Safety at airports · Accommodation security · Vehicle crime · Criminal kidnap · Scams · Bank card fraud · Dress code · Personal ID · Illegal drugs · Using cameras in secure areas · +9 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: 1.8 /100knational rate, 2022
Conflict deaths: 4within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 43.5country, 2016
Human development: HDI 0.628country, 2023
Income: $8,080/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 161kurban centre · 7,678/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 25.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 66/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 58/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 43/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 5.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.64Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 28.1 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 43%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.3 doctors /1k0.7 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 196 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Ghana

Flood: 4.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 1.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 1.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

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

Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Ghana (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%61

Peace25%83

Equality25%48

Development10%63

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 Yendi that gives 63.3/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Yendi compared with Tamale

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Yendi, red favours Tamale.
Measure	Yendi	Tamale	Difference
Safety score	63.3	67.7	−4.4 — better for Tamale
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	1.8 /100k	1.8 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	4	0	+4 — better for Tamale

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

Nearby cities

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