Jerusalem

Jerusalem scores 78 out of 100 in our index and ranks safer than about 42% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 1.4 per 100,000, close to the median for the cities we track, and recorded robbery is 4.9 per 100,000. Both figures are for the city and were calculated by us from a count and a population; the robbery number is police-recorded, so treat it as a floor. The governments we track split sharply on how to frame the risk. Canada places Israel at its highest advisory level, do not travel, while the UK and Australia set it one step lower at reconsider travel. We hold no US advisory here. Advisories that cover the country name pickpocketing and scams. In a national survey, 72.7% of people said they feel safe walking alone after dark, though that result covers the whole country.