Tehran

Nope.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Tehran at 43/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Iran's national picture overall (27/100 vs 36/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
27Sketch Score

City page · part of Iran

The one number a country page can't give you

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

Crime Index

57.2

Safety Index

42.8

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

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

0advisoryConsensus
19Political Stability
25Police Trust
76Health
43Crime
2LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Illegal Penalty: 74 lashes for immature men and death penalty for mature men (although there are documented cases of minors executed because of their sexual orientation). For women, 100 lashes for women of mature sound mind and if consenting. Death penalty offense after fourth conviction.

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 · 220V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 110 / ambulance: 115 / fire: 125

How this compares to Iran

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Tehran at 43/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Iran's national picture overall (27/100 vs 36/100).

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