🇨🇿 Czech Republic (Česko)
Visiting: Safe
Few places are safer to visit than Czechia. There is no conflict at all and freedom is as good as it gets, both ranking 1st. Even its weakest measure is a good one: road deaths are low, placed 32nd. Violent crime is close to non-existent, women's safety is among the very best and LGBT rights are solid, all ranking between 11th and 23rd.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Czechia: 0.5
Ranked 11th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Half a killing per 100,000 people a year is comfortably under the one where the safest countries sit.
Is it safe to visit?
As safe as Europe gets. Strangers were involved in none of 2024's cases.
Why we updated the score?
The Czech police have published their 2025 count, down on 2024. The UN takes its figure from the police a year later, so we used the new count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Czechia: 5.2
Ranked 32nd in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Five deaths per 100,000 people a year is above the EU average of four and a half but well under half the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe by world standards. Well below the world average.
Conflict — world number one
Conflict deaths inside the country in the last twelve months, as recorded by the Uppsala conflict database, civilians killed on purpose, and any UN sanctions or court order over a war. The worst of those sets the colour. Lower is better.
Czechia: 1.00
Ranked 1st least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Nothing on record. The Uppsala conflict database has never recorded a conflict death in Czechia since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing armed anywhere near it.
Freedom — world number one
Six freedoms rated 0–4 by Freedom House — protest, speech, press, religion, movement and due process. The weakest rating sets the colour, and the total places the country inside it — higher is better.
Czechia: 10.00
Ranked 1st freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Czechia every one of the six freedoms scores the full 4. Total 24 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
All six freedoms fully respected. A parliamentary democracy with progress against corruption, and nothing that touches a visitor.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Czechia: 7.2
Ranked 23rd most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Registered partnerships since 2006 were upgraded in 2024 to near-marriage rights, but parliament stopped short of the word marriage. The law index scores 81, public opinion 64.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. One of central Europe's most relaxed societies on the issue. The shortfall is political caution, not public demand.
Women's Safety
Women's safety — feeling safe out at night, political violence against women, a fair hearing in court, and how normal violence at home is, with the night figure setting a floor on the colour — higher is better.
Czechia: 8.86
Ranked 17th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Seven in ten women feel safe out alone at night, the courts rate high, and violence at home is rare. Only the street figure sits below the best.
Is it safe to visit?
Czechia is one of the safest places for a woman travelling alone.