Shanghai

Go, but pay attention.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Shanghai at 74/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than China's national picture overall (71/100 vs 75/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence med
71Sketch Score

City page · part of China

The one number a country page can't give you

What people who actually live in Shanghai 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 China's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.

Crime Index

26.4

Safety Index

73.6

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

Same real inputs as China's national page, with crime swapped for Shanghai's own Numbeo number above.

83advisoryConsensus
63Political Stability
38Police Trust
76Health
74Crime
90LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Legal since 1997

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

🔌

Plug & voltage

A / I · 220V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 110 / ambulance: 120 / fire: 119

How this compares to China

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Shanghai at 74/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than China's national picture overall (71/100 vs 75/100).

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