Amman

Think twice.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Amman at 63/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Jordan's national picture overall (54/100 vs 54/100).

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City page · part of Jordan

The one number a country page can't give you

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

Crime Index

37.2

Safety Index

62.8

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

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

44advisoryConsensus
43Political Stability
53Police Trust
76Health
64Road Safety
66Natural Disaster
90LGBTQ+
63Crime

Legal status (national law)

Legal

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

B / C / D / F / G / J · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 911 / ambulance: 911 / fire: 911

Cash vs. Card

The currency is the Jordanian dinar, locally denoted by the symbol "JD" before or after the amount or in Arabic as دينار, or sometimes "£" (ISO currency code: JOD). It is divided into 1000 fils and 100 piastres (or qirsh). Coins come in denominations of 1 (almost non existent), 5 and piastres and ¼ JD (seven-sided), ½ JD (seven-sided with a yellow ring and silver center). Banknotes are f

How this compares to Jordan

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Amman at 63/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Jordan's national picture overall (54/100 vs 54/100).

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