Safest cities in Oceania
25 ranked cities across 6 countries · data updated 2026-09-04
Every city in Oceania 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 Oceania
- MelbourneAustralia · 91.9 · #11 worldwide
- Point CookAustralia · 91.9 · #12 worldwide
- DallasAustralia · 91.9 · #13 worldwide
- SydneyAustralia · 87.1 · #137 worldwide
- CanberraAustralia · 85.5 · #212 worldwide
- BrisbaneAustralia · 83.1 · #463 worldwide
- NewcastleAustralia · 83.1 · #464 worldwide
- North LakesAustralia · 83.1 · #465 worldwide
- PerthAustralia · 81.1 · #1799 worldwide
- WollongongAustralia · 81.1 · #1800 worldwide
Lowest-scoring cities in Oceania
- MendiPapua New Guinea · 42.7 · #5690 worldwide
- Mount HagenPapua New Guinea · 44.8 · #5550 worldwide
- Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea · 52.9 · #5034 worldwide
- LaePapua New Guinea · 56.6 · #4732 worldwide
- HoniaraSolomon Islands · 65.8 · #3860 worldwide
- NouméaNew Caledonia · 70.4 · #3352 worldwide
- AdelaideAustralia · 71.5 · #3233 worldwide
- SuvaFiji · 74.0 · #2964 worldwide
- WellingtonNew Zealand · 80.6 · #1834 worldwide
- PapakuraNew Zealand · 80.6 · #1833 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 Oceania, by average city score
- Australiaavg 84 · 12 cities · best Melbourne
- New Zealandavg 81 · 6 cities · best Auckland
- Fijiavg 74 · 1 city · best Suva
- New Caledoniaavg 70 · 1 city · best Nouméa
- Solomon Islandsavg 66 · 1 city · best Honiara
- Papua New Guineaavg 49 · 4 cities · best Lae
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.