Safest cities in Asia
3,561 ranked cities across 48 countries · data updated 2026-09-04
Every city in Asia 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 Asia
- Macau - ZhuhaiMacao · 100.0 · #1 worldwide
- SingaporeSingapore · 99.3 · #2 worldwide
- ManamaBahrain · 98.7 · #3 worldwide
- SalalahOman · 98.1 · #4 worldwide
- SoharOman · 98.1 · #5 worldwide
- Hong KongHong Kong · 95.6 · #6 worldwide
- JangalparaIndia · 91.9 · #14 worldwide
- TokyoJapan · 91.4 · #16 worldwide
- OsakaJapan · 91.4 · #17 worldwide
- NagoyaJapan · 91.4 · #18 worldwide
Lowest-scoring cities in Asia
- KhostAfghanistan · 38.0 · #5898 worldwide
- GolbaharAfghanistan · 39.4 · #5864 worldwide
- CharikarAfghanistan · 39.6 · #5840 worldwide
- BagramAfghanistan · 39.7 · #5836 worldwide
- QarabaghAfghanistan · 39.7 · #5830 worldwide
- MihtarlamAfghanistan · 39.8 · #5828 worldwide
- KabulAfghanistan · 40.7 · #5789 worldwide
- JalalabadAfghanistan · 40.8 · #5780 worldwide
- Ash ShajarahYemen · 42.8 · #5679 worldwide
- Al `UdaynYemen · 42.9 · #5677 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 Asia, by average city score
- Macaoavg 100 · 1 city · best Macau - Zhuhai
- Singaporeavg 99 · 1 city · best Singapore
- Bahrainavg 99 · 1 city · best Manama
- Hong Kongavg 96 · 1 city · best Hong Kong
- Omanavg 93 · 4 cities · best Salalah
- Japanavg 91 · 75 cities · best Tokyo
- Qataravg 90 · 2 cities · best Doha
- United Arab Emiratesavg 87 · 7 cities · best Al Ain
- South Koreaavg 86 · 27 cities · best Daegu
- Kuwaitavg 85 · 2 cities · best Kuwait City
- Maldivesavg 85 · 1 city · best Malé
- Saudi Arabiaavg 84 · 25 cities · best Riyadh
- Indonesiaavg 83 · 215 cities · best Surabaya
- Chinaavg 83 · 1098 cities · best Shanghai
- Kyrgyzstanavg 82 · 3 cities · best Osh
- Laosavg 80 · 2 cities · best Vientiane
- Malaysiaavg 78 · 28 cities · best Kuching
- Taiwanavg 76 · 15 cities · best Hualien
- Cyprusavg 75 · 2 cities · best Limassol
- Kazakhstanavg 75 · 21 cities · best Shymkent
- Turkmenistanavg 75 · 4 cities · best Ashgabat
- Vietnamavg 74 · 68 cities · best Ho Chi Minh City
- Uzbekistanavg 74 · 35 cities · best Tashkent
- Cambodiaavg 74 · 6 cities · best Phnom Penh
- Indiaavg 74 · 1036 cities · best Jangalpara
- Georgiaavg 74 · 3 cities · best Kutaisi
- Nepalavg 74 · 12 cities · best Kathmandu
- Azerbaijanavg 72 · 7 cities · best Şirvan
- Sri Lankaavg 71 · 10 cities · best Colombo
- Timor-Lesteavg 70 · 1 city · best Dili
- Tajikistanavg 69 · 6 cities · best Dushanbe
- Thailandavg 67 · 26 cities · best Bangkok
- Iranavg 67 · 108 cities · best Ahwaz
- Mongoliaavg 66 · 1 city · best Ulaanbaatar
- Bangladeshavg 65 · 131 cities · best Chapainawabganj
- Armeniaavg 65 · 1 city · best Yerevan
- Turkeyavg 63 · 100 cities · best Izmir
- Jordanavg 61 · 8 cities · best Aqaba
- Palestineavg 60 · 6 cities · best Nablus
- Pakistanavg 58 · 178 cities · best Hyderabad
- Philippinesavg 56 · 61 cities · best Puerto Princesa
- Syriaavg 56 · 14 cities · best Raqqa
- Myanmaravg 56 · 55 cities · best Kengtung
- Iraqavg 55 · 51 cities · best Basra
- Afghanistanavg 49 · 41 cities · best Andkhoy
- Lebanonavg 48 · 5 cities · best Tripoli
- Yemenavg 46 · 45 cities · best Fuwwah
- Israelavg 44 · 11 cities · best Haifa
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.