Chiang Mai

Thailand · Asia

—Safety index

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

UK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution

Smartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution

3/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

18.79°, 98.98°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

For Chiang Mai we have more absence than data.

We hold no vetted homicide or robbery rate for the city, and without those inputs there is no composite score to report. Only two of the five incidence categories are filled, so read this profile as provisional. What we do have is official guidance. All four governments we track, the US, Canada, Britain, and Australia, place Thailand at their second advisory level, increased caution, with no disagreement between them. Every advisory covering the country also flags pickpocketing and scams aimed at travellers. Survey results put the share of people who feel safe walking alone at night at 72.4%, but that figure is national and not specific to Chiang Mai.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crimeNo data

Robbery & theftNo data

Travel advisoryNo data

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

No vetted homicide figure for Chiang Mai yet.

Robbery (police-recorded)

No vetted robbery figure for Chiang Mai yet.

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Thailand Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: UK FCDO — Thailand travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Thailand 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

72.4%feel safe

72.4% of people surveyed · Thailand · 2024

Survey figure is for Thailand (country), wider than Chiang Mai 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

3 of 3 advisories mention this

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

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

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

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

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