Reykjavik

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Numbeo's Safety Index puts Reykjavik at 75/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Iceland's national picture overall (86/100 vs 90/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
86Sketch Score

City page · part of Iceland

The one number a country page can't give you

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

Crime Index

24.6

Safety Index

75.4

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

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

100advisoryConsensus
82Political Stability
83Police Trust
76Health
75Crime
90LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Legal since 1940; equal age of consent since 1992(As part of Denmark)+ UN decl. sign.

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

C / F · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 112 / ambulance: 112 / fire: 112

How this compares to Iceland

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Reykjavik at 75/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Iceland's national picture overall (86/100 vs 90/100).

See the full Iceland page and all receipts →