🇸🇬 Republic of Singapore (Singapura)
Visiting: Reasonable
Singapore is a safe place to travel. There is no conflict at all, ranking 1st, and women's safety is among the very best, at 4th. Its weakest measure is freedom, which is only partly protected, placed 98th. Violent crime is close to non-existent, the 5th-lowest homicide rate, and road deaths are very few, at 7th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Singapore: 0.2
Ranked 5th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
A fifth of a killing per 100,000 people a year is about as low as any country records.
Is it safe to visit?
As safe as it gets, anywhere.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Singapore: 2.3
Ranked 7th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Just over two 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 the police's own count. The police have published 2025, a ten-year high, 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.
Singapore: 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 Singapore since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Nothing to think about. Nothing reaches a visitor.
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.
Singapore: 5.93
Ranked 83rd least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Singapore the lowest are protest and press at 1. Total 12 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
One party has governed since 1959 within a legal framework that limits expression and assembly. Protest and press are the low ratings. Keep opinions measured in public.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Singapore: 4.4
Ranked 78th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Parliament repealed the 377A ban on gay sex in 2022 and amended the constitution so only parliament can define marriage. The law index sits at 40, public opinion at 49.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. The annual Pink Dot rally draws thousands and corporate life is quietly inclusive. Decriminalised, but do not expect more yet.
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.
Singapore: 9.74
Ranked 4th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Ninety-seven percent of women feel safe walking alone at night, the highest share anywhere. The courts, rated a notch below the Nordics, are the only mark against it.
Is it safe to visit?
Few countries are safer for a woman travelling alone than Singapore.