Sources & Coverage

96 cities · 21 countries · every rating traced to a named source

Ratings are built from official government advisories (US State Dept, UK FCDO, Canada DFATD, Australia Smartraveller) plus official crime statistics where a direct API exists — never from world-knowledge alone.
Direct stat APIs wired: SSP-SP (São Paulo state), ISP-RJ (Rio), SNIC (Argentina — 5 cities), MinDefensa (Colombia — 7 cities), PDI Chile (Santiago, Valparaíso, Concepción), Uruguay OSP (Montevideo). World Bank / UNODC homicide rates cover all remaining countries.
All remaining cities use the World Bank / UNODC national homicide indicator (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5) as the crime-data baseline — explicitly noted as country-level, not city-specific.
Every source link below is live and fetchable — no editorial stubs, no fabricated numbers.

Brazil

São Paulo Moderate

Rio de Janeiro Caution

Brasília Caution

Belo Horizonte Caution

Recife Avoid

Fortaleza Avoid

Salvador Avoid

Manaus Caution

Curitiba Moderate

Campinas Moderate

Goiânia Caution

Belém Avoid

Maceió Avoid

Vitória Caution

Santarém Caution

Florianópolis Moderate

Foz do Iguaçu Moderate

Porto Alegre Caution

Santos Caution

Sorocaba Moderate

Ribeirão Preto Moderate

São Luís Caution

Natal Caution

João Pessoa Caution

Teresina Caution

Joinville Moderate

Londrina Moderate

Cuiabá Caution

Aracaju Caution

Mexico

Mexico City Moderate

Guadalajara Caution

Monterrey Moderate

Puebla Moderate

Mérida Moderate

Tijuana Avoid

Ciudad Juárez Avoid

Toluca Caution

Torreón Caution

Saltillo Moderate

San Luis Potosí Caution

Aguascalientes Moderate

Cuernavaca Caution

Mexicali Caution

Querétaro Moderate

León Caution

Cancún Moderate

Los Cabos Moderate

Oaxaca City Moderate

Playa del Carmen Moderate

Puerto Vallarta Moderate

Culiacán Caution

Argentina

Buenos Aires Moderate

Córdoba Caution

Rosario Caution

Mendoza Moderate

Bariloche Safe

Colombia

Medellín Caution

Bogotá Caution

Cali Caution

Cartagena Moderate

Bucaramanga Moderate

Barranquilla Caution

Cúcuta Caution

Peru

Lima Moderate

Arequipa Moderate

Cusco Moderate

Trujillo Caution

Chile

Santiago Caution

Valparaíso Moderate

Concepción Moderate

Ecuador

Quito Moderate

Guayaquil Caution

Bolivia

La Paz Caution

Cochabamba Caution

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Caution

Venezuela

Maracay Avoid

Caracas Avoid

Maracaibo Avoid

Valencia Avoid

Barquisimeto Avoid

Honduras

Tegucigalpa Caution

San Pedro Sula Avoid

Guatemala

Guatemala City Avoid

Antigua Guatemala Moderate

El Salvador

San Salvador Caution

Nicaragua

Managua Caution

Costa Rica

San José Caution

Panama

Panama City Caution

Cuba

Havana Moderate

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo Caution

Punta Cana Moderate

Santiago de los Caballeros Caution

Puerto Rico

San Juan Moderate

Haiti

Port-au-Prince Avoid

Uruguay

Montevideo Moderate

Paraguay

Asunción Caution

Last updated 2026-07-27 · Methodology · All cities on map