Safety score
Personal safety, institutional trust, and resilience signals informed by international safety and crime data.
Safety in Edinburgh88/100
Safety
Safety in Edinburgh
Edinburgh scores well on safety, with stable institutional response and steady public-safety perception. Safety in Edinburgh scores 88/100, placing it in the strong group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 88/100
Safety score
88/100
Healthy directional score.
Resident perception
Strong
Day-to-day perception is positive across central districts.
Watch item
Property crime
Opportunistic property risks remain the practical pain point.
Edinburgh safety data table
This HTML table mirrors the visible score cards so important comparison data is never trapped in a browser-only chart.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 88/100 | Stable institutional response supports the score. |
| Resident perception | Strong | Pedestrian perception is widely positive. |
| Watch item | Property crime | Common-sense precautions still useful. |
Safety city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh (this page) | 88/100 | Edinburgh scores well on safety, with stable institutional response and steady public-safety perception. |
| London | 79/100 | London has solid safety with neighborhood variation. Violent-crime context is comparatively low; opportunistic risks are concentrated in transit and tourist hubs. |
| Manchester | 75/100 | Manchester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bristol | 75/100 | Bristol's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Reading | 74/100 | Reading's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Leeds | 74/100 | Leeds's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Cambridge | 74/100 | Cambridge's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Birmingham | 73/100 | Birmingham's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Cardiff | 73/100 | Cardiff's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Oxford | 73/100 | Oxford's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bournemouth | 72/100 | Bournemouth's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Milton Keynes | 72/100 | Milton Keynes's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Glasgow | 72/100 | Glasgow's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Brighton | 72/100 | Brighton's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Belfast | 71/100 | Belfast's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Liverpool | 70/100 | Liverpool's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Sheffield | 70/100 | Sheffield's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Southend-on-Sea | 69/100 | Southend-on-Sea's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Northampton | 68/100 | Northampton's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Preston | 67/100 | Preston's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Luton | 66/100 | Luton's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Middlesbrough | 65/100 | Middlesbrough's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bolton | 63/100 | Bolton's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Brighton and Hove | 63/100 | Brighton and Hove's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Barnsley | 63/100 | Barnsley's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Chester | 61/100 | Chester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Stockport | 61/100 | Stockport's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Stirling | 60/100 | Stirling's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Newport | 58/100 | Newport's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Leicester | 58/100 | Leicester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Wrexham | 57/100 | Wrexham's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
Interpretation
Safety blends violent-crime context, perception, and response capacity. Across the indexed cities the safety average is 64/100, so Edinburgh is 24 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 2 institutional references.
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Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
2 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: UNODC Data Portal
Used as a directional benchmark for relative city safety framing.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
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Edinburgh city profile
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