Busan

South Korea · Asia

100Safety indexLower concern

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

35.18°, 129.08°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Busan sits in the safest tier of our index, at the top of the 0 to 100 scale.

The underlying numbers back that up. Its homicide rate is 0.6 per 100,000, well below the median for the cities we track, and recorded robbery is 1.2 per 100,000. Both rates were calculated by us from a count and a population. All four governments we track keep South Korea at their lowest advisory level, with no disagreement between them, though each advisory still names pickpocketing and scams that can affect visitors. In a national survey, 54% of people said they feel safe walking alone after dark, a figure that covers the country rather than Busan specifically.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime1

Robbery & theft0

Travel advisory0

The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)

0.6/100k

Rate computed by project-atlas: 18 (count, 2024) ÷ 3266598 population (MOIS — Resident registration population (주민등록인구) December 2024, 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Korean National Police Agency — Crime statistics by region

Where this sits on the scaleLow

01·3·8·20·40 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 83% of tracked cities

0.6/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

1.2/100k

Rate computed by project-atlas: 38 (count, 2024) ÷ 3266598 population (MOIS — Resident registration population (주민등록인구) December 2024, 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Korean National Police Agency — Crime statistics by region

Where this sits on the scaleLow

040·120·250·400·600 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 97% of tracked cities

1.2/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — South Korea Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — South Korea Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — South Korea travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — South Korea travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.

Feel safe walking alone at night

National survey

54%feel safe

54% of people surveyed · South Korea · 2022

Survey figure is for South Korea (country), wider than Busan itself.

Primary source: UN SDG 16.1.4 — feel safe walking alone at night (UNODC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.

Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories

1 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 1 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — South Korea travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

0 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 0 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — South Korea travel advice (Safety and security)