Safest cities in Africa
1,139 ranked cities across 52 countries · data updated 2026-09-04
Every city in Africa with 100,000 or more residents, scored on the same fixed mix of published data used everywhere on this site: homicide rate, deaths from organized violence nearby, income inequality and human development. Scores are comparable worldwide, so a rank here is a rank among all 6,168 cities, not just this continent.
Safest cities in Africa
- FomboniComoros · 83.8 · #457 worldwide
- MoroniComoros · 83.8 · #458 worldwide
- KankanGuinea · 82.8 · #467 worldwide
- NzérékoréGuinea · 82.8 · #468 worldwide
- LabéGuinea · 82.8 · #469 worldwide
- KindiaGuinea · 82.8 · #470 worldwide
- KamsarGuinea · 82.8 · #471 worldwide
- KissidougouGuinea · 82.8 · #472 worldwide
- FaranahGuinea · 82.8 · #473 worldwide
- OranAlgeria · 79.9 · #1856 worldwide
Lowest-scoring cities in Africa
- KaMaqhekezaSouth Africa · 29.8 · #6037 worldwide
- BeniDR Congo · 30.3 · #6032 worldwide
- BuniaDR Congo · 31.0 · #6028 worldwide
- ButemboDR Congo · 31.6 · #6020 worldwide
- MongbwaluDR Congo · 31.9 · #6019 worldwide
- KanyabayongaDR Congo · 32.5 · #6011 worldwide
- StellenboschSouth Africa · 32.5 · #6010 worldwide
- Cape TownSouth Africa · 32.5 · #6009 worldwide
- RutshuruDR Congo · 32.5 · #6007 worldwide
- RubayaDR Congo · 32.6 · #6006 worldwide
A low score reflects the published figures behind it — usually a high homicide rate, conflict deaths recorded nearby, or both. Each city page shows which.
Countries in Africa, by average city score
- Comorosavg 84 · 2 cities · best Fomboni
- Guineaavg 81 · 9 cities · best Kankan
- Gabonavg 79 · 4 cities · best Libreville
- Algeriaavg 78 · 58 cities · best Oran
- Cote d'Ivoireavg 78 · 19 cities · best Abidjan
- Senegalavg 77 · 12 cities · best Dakar
- Egyptavg 76 · 117 cities · best Luxor
- Réunionavg 76 · 1 city · best Saint-Denis
- Guinea-Bissauavg 76 · 1 city · best Bissau
- Togoavg 72 · 10 cities · best Lomé
- Djiboutiavg 72 · 1 city · best Djibouti
- Gambiaavg 72 · 2 cities · best Serrekunda
- Mauritaniaavg 71 · 3 cities · best Nouadhibou
- Moroccoavg 71 · 36 cities · best Casablanca
- Mauritiusavg 71 · 1 city · best Port Louis
- Beninavg 70 · 11 cities · best Parakou
- Malawiavg 70 · 4 cities · best Lilongwe
- Sierra Leoneavg 69 · 5 cities · best Freetown
- Equatorial Guineaavg 68 · 2 cities · best Bata
- Ghanaavg 68 · 22 cities · best Accra
- Tunisiaavg 67 · 9 cities · best Tunis
- Liberiaavg 66 · 1 city · best Monrovia
- Sao Tome and Principeavg 65 · 1 city · best São Tomé
- Madagascaravg 65 · 8 cities · best Ambano
- Mayotteavg 63 · 1 city · best Mamoudzou
- Tanzaniaavg 63 · 28 cities · best Mwanza
- Chadavg 63 · 20 cities · best Am Timan
- Kenyaavg 59 · 24 cities · best Mombasa
- DR Congoavg 59 · 110 cities · best Tshikapa
- Nigeravg 59 · 18 cities · best Zinder
- Angolaavg 57 · 30 cities · best Lubango
- Cabo Verdeavg 57 · 1 city · best João Teves
- Sudanavg 56 · 59 cities · best Timerein
- Zambiaavg 55 · 18 cities · best Lusaka
- Zimbabweavg 54 · 6 cities · best Harare
- Maliavg 53 · 8 cities · best Kayes
- Mozambiqueavg 52 · 19 cities · best Lichinga
- Eritreaavg 52 · 4 cities · best Massawa
- Ugandaavg 51 · 14 cities · best Mbale City
- Ethiopiaavg 49 · 88 cities · best Fik'
- Congoavg 49 · 3 cities · best Dolisie
- Botswanaavg 49 · 2 cities · best Gaborone
- Cameroonavg 48 · 27 cities · best Bertoua
- Namibiaavg 47 · 1 city · best Windhoek
- Burundiavg 46 · 6 cities · best Muyinga
- Nigeriaavg 46 · 233 cities · best Daura
- Burkina Fasoavg 45 · 8 cities · best Banfora
- Rwandaavg 45 · 3 cities · best Kigali
- Central African Republicavg 43 · 1 city · best Bangui
- Lesothoavg 43 · 1 city · best Maseru
- South Sudanavg 40 · 14 cities · best Yambio
- South Africaavg 39 · 53 cities · best Pretoria
Averages are unweighted means of the ranked cities in each country, so a country with one large city and a country with fifty are treated alike.