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Travel-safety guides, city notes, and data releases — every figure traceable to its source, reference year, and geographic unit.
2026-08-25 Back from five weeks in Europe, and what’s next for the site A short note after a long trip: six countries in five weeks, why things went quiet here for a bit, and where I’m taking the data and the site from here. Changelog 3 min 2026-08-25 Fixing the site on a phone The navigation folds into a menu, comparison columns swipe sideways, and buttons are big enough to actually tap — the site now behaves the way it should on a small screen. Changelog 1 min 2026-08-01 How to read a government travel advisory without over-reading it A travel advisory is not a danger score. It’s one government’s advice to its own citizens, on its own scale, about a whole country. Here’s what the number actually means and where it stops being useful. Travel safety 5 min 2026-07-30 Pickpocketing in Europe: where it’s worst, and how to avoid it Pickpocketing is the crime tourists in Europe are most likely to meet, and the one official statistics see least well. Here’s where it clusters and how to make yourself a hard target. Travel safety 4 min 2026-07-28 Introducing the City Travel Stats blog A new home for travel-safety guides, per-city write-ups, and release notes; and anything else travel safety related! Changelog 1 min