Jerusalem

Think twice.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Jerusalem at 64/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Israel's national picture overall (51/100 vs 56/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence med
51Sketch Score

City page · part of Israel

The one number a country page can't give you

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

Crime Index

35.9

Safety Index

64.1

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

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

50advisoryConsensus
37Political Stability
62Police Trust
48Health
64Crime
90LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Legal since 1963 (de facto), 1988 (de jure) + 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 / H · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 100 / ambulance: 101 / fire: 102

How this compares to Israel

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Jerusalem at 64/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Israel's national picture overall (51/100 vs 56/100).

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