Think twice.
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Tel Aviv-Yafo at 74/100 for crime — that makes it read safer than Israel's national picture overall (52/100 vs 48/100).
City page · part of Israel
The one number a country page can't give you
What people who actually live in Tel Aviv-Yafo 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
26.1
Safety Index
73.9
Sub-scores
Same real inputs as Israel's national page, with crime swapped for Tel Aviv-Yafo's own Numbeo number above.
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
Plug & voltage
C / H · 230V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 100 / ambulance: 101 / fire: 102
Tipping
Outside of the food industry, tipping is not common. The norm for waiters is a 15% tip unless the service was horribly disrespectful. In bars where you sit down at the bar, tip 15%. In fast food restaurants, food stands, and in bars where you order your drink and go, don't tip.
SIM / Data
Roaming with your own device: Israel is mostly covered with 4G and 5G, but make sure to have VoLTE enabled. Other networks like CDMA2000 and iDen were shut down. Previous generation 2G and 3G networks have very limited coverage, and all of them are planned to be completely shut down in 2026.
How this compares to Israel
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Tel Aviv-Yafo at 74/100 for crime — that makes it read safer than Israel's national picture overall (52/100 vs 48/100).
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