City Travel Stats

Salvador

Brazil · Latin America & Caribbean

33Safety indexHigher concern
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
2GB flagUK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution
2AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution
4/5metric categories covered
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-12.98°, -38.50°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Salvador scores 33 out of 100 in our composite index, with only about 5% of the cities we score ranking below it.

Its homicide rate is 27.8 per 100,000, roughly 17 times the median for the cities we track. That figure is reported for the municipality rather than a specific district, and we calculated the rate from a raw count and a population, so treat it as a broad average that individual areas will sit above or below. We hold no vetted robbery rate for the city, so that part of the picture is missing. All four governments we track put Brazil at their second advisory level, increased caution, with no disagreement between them, and each advisory names pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. On perception, 48.3% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, though that result is for the country as a whole and not Salvador itself.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime56
Robbery & theftNo data
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)
27.8/100k
Figure is for Salvador (municipality), wider than Salvador itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 672 (count, 2025) ÷ 2417678 population (IBGE — Censo Demográfico 2022, 2022) × 100k.

Primary source: SINESP / Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública — Dados Nacionais de Segurança Pública (VDE)

Where this sits on the scaleSevere
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 7% of tracked cities
27.8/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

No vetted robbery figure for Salvador yet.

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

No advisory on record.

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

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

UK FCDO
2GB flagUK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: UK FCDO — Brazil travel advice

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

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Brazil 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
48.3%feel safe
48.3% of people surveyed · Brazil · 2021
Survey figure is for Brazil (country), wider than Salvador 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 2 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 2 of 2 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.
Based on only 2 reviewed advisories — a thin sample; treat as indicative.

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

Scams & fraud in travel advisories
2 of 2 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 2 of 2 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.
Based on only 2 reviewed advisories — a thin sample; treat as indicative.

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