🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark (Danmark)
Visiting: Safe
Visiting Denmark could hardly be safer. Two measures stand out: there is no conflict at all and women's safety is among the very best, both ranking 1st. Its weakest measure is still inside the top third: violent crime is rare, the 23rd-lowest homicide rate. LGBT rights are very strong, road deaths are exceptionally few and freedom is as good as it gets, with all three ranking between 5th and 16th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Denmark: 0.8
Ranked 23rd in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Under one killing per 100,000 people a year is inside the line that marks the safest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine for a visitor. Well below the world average.
Why we updated the score?
Statistics Denmark has its 2025 count out, unchanged from 2024. It is the office that reports to the UN, so we used its count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Denmark: 2.5
Ranked 10th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Two and a half deaths per 100,000 people a year is well under the EU average of four and a half.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. One of the lowest rates in the world.
Why we updated the score?
The WHO's 2021 figure was Denmark's own count. The road directorate has published 2025, so we've used the newer count.
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.
Denmark: 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 Denmark since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. The US president's talk of acquiring Greenland is its strangest security question in living memory, and still only talk.
Freedom
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.
Denmark: 8.99
Ranked 16th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Denmark the lowest is due process at 3. Total 23 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Full political rights, free expression, an independent judiciary. Due process is rated one step from the top, and Freedom House notes struggles to uphold freedoms for immigrants and newcomers.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Denmark: 8.2
Ranked 5th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
It created the world's first registered partnerships in 1989, and has had marriage since 2012 and self-ID since 2014. The law index scores 94, public opinion 69.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. About as settled as it gets. Copenhagen Pride is a city festival, not a protest.
Women's Safety — world number one
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.
Denmark: 10.00
Ranked 1st safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The highest score anywhere. Eighty-five percent of women feel safe walking alone at night, the courts rate almost perfect, and violence at home is rare.
Is it safe to visit?
Few countries are safer for a woman travelling alone than Denmark.