Bogotá

Bogotá scores 29 out of 100 in our composite index, placing it above only about 4% of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 14.9 per 100,000, roughly 9 times the median for the cities we track. That figure covers the whole municipality rather than any single area, and we calculated it from a raw count and a population, so treat it as a broad upper bound. Recorded robbery is 536 per 100,000, again for the municipality and derived from a count. Because police data captures only reported incidents, the real number runs higher. The governments we track do not agree on the risk: the US places Colombia at its third level, reconsider travel, while Canada, the UK, and Australia each hold it a step lower at increased caution. Their advisories also flag pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a national survey, 52.7% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, though that result covers the country rather than Bogotá alone.