Phnom Penh

Go with a plan.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Phnom Penh at 51/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Cambodia's national picture overall (60/100 vs 68/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
60Sketch Score

City page · part of Cambodia

The one number a country page can't give you

What people who actually live in Phnom Penh report

Numbeo aggregates thousands of resident-submitted perception surveys into a per-city Crime Index (higher = worse) and its inverse, a Safety Index — the only real city-granularity crime signal feeding this page, alongside Cambodia's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.

Crime Index

49.5

Safety Index

50.5

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

Same real inputs as Cambodia's national page, with crime swapped for Phnom Penh's own Numbeo number above.

67advisoryConsensus
67Political Stability
29Police Trust
72Health
51Crime
90LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Legal

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

A / C / G · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 117 / ambulance: 119 / fire: 118

How this compares to Cambodia

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Phnom Penh at 51/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Cambodia's national picture overall (60/100 vs 68/100).

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