City Travel Stats

Lima

Peru · Latin America & Caribbean

40Safety indexHigher concern
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
2GB flagUK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution
2AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution
5/5metric categories covered
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-12.05°, -77.04°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Lima is among the lower-scoring cities in our index, at 40 out of 100, safer than only 11% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 9.4 per 100,000, roughly 5.9 times the median, but that figure pools several years and covers the wider municipality rather than the city core. Robbery is recorded at 627.3 per 100,000, a rate we calculated ourselves from a raw count and a population for the municipality; police data undercounts, so treat it as a floor. All four governments we track put Peru at their second advisory level, increased caution, with no disagreement between them, and each flags pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a national survey, 43.4% of residents said they feel safe walking alone after dark, a result for the country as a whole.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime19
Robbery & theft100
Travel advisory33
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)
9.4/100k
Latest CEIC homicide-rate release is 2021; newer years are not yet published in DATACRIM. Read against peers (US/MX/CO at 2023-2024) with the year gap in mind.
Figure is for Lima (provincia) (municipality), wider than Lima itself.

Primary source: INEI / CEIC — Tasa de homicidios (DATACRIM)

Where this sits on the scaleHigh
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 19% of tracked cities
9.4/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
627.3/100k
Police-recorded robbery denuncias undercount true incidence — Peru has a high share of unreported crime (cifra negra). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure is for Lima (provincia) (municipality), wider than Lima itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 64565 (count, 2024) ÷ 10292408 population (INEI — Población Total Proyectada al 30 de Junio según Departamento Provincia y Distrito 2018-2026, 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Policía Nacional del Perú — Denuncias de robo (DATACRIM)

Where this sits on the scaleExtreme
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 4% of tracked cities
627.3/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

Global Affairs Canada
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

UK FCDO
2GB flagUK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: UK FCDO — Peru travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
2AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Peru 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
43.4%feel safe
43.4% of people surveyed · Peru · 2024
Survey figure is for Peru (country), wider than Lima 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 — Peru 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 — Peru travel advice (Safety and security)