Moscow

Russia · Europe

—Safety index

U.S. State DeptLevel 4 · Do not travel

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 4 · Do not travel

UK FCDOLevel 4 · Do not travel

Smartraveller (AU)Level 4 · Do not travel

3/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

55.76°, 37.62°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Moscow is more a gap than an entry in our data.

We hold no vetted homicide or robbery rate for the city, so we do not compute a composite score, and there is no single figure to lean on. The official guidance is consistent and severe: all four governments we track, the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, place Russia at their highest advisory level, do not travel. The advisories covering the country also flag pickpocketing and scams for visitors. On perception, 92% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, but that result is for the country as a whole and not Moscow on its own. With two of five incidence categories filled, the profile is provisional.

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 Moscow yet.

Robbery (police-recorded)

No vetted robbery figure for Moscow yet.

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 4 · Do not travel

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

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 4 · Do not travel

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 4 · Do not travel

Primary source: UK FCDO — Russia travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 4 · Do not travel

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Russia 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

92%feel safe

92% of people surveyed · Russia · 2024

Survey figure is for Russia (country), wider than Moscow 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

2 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 2 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

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