Beirut

Nope.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Beirut at 53/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Lebanon's national picture overall (39/100 vs 39/100).

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City page · part of Lebanon

The one number a country page can't give you

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

Crime Index

46.7

Safety Index

53.3

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

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

22advisoryConsensus
22Political Stability
28Police Trust
76Health
74Road Safety
61Natural Disaster
53Crime

Local know-how

Staying safe in Beirut, specifically

  • • Photography of military personnel and installations is prohibited.
  • • Avoid any governmental or military convoys that may be passing by. Lebanese people have adapted to all those situations.
  • • Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut are approachable, but try to bring a local, who will be worth a lot when it comes to logistics and safety.
Source: Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

A / B / C / D / G · 220V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 999 or 112 / ambulance: 140 / fire: 175

Cash vs. Card

The Lebanese currency is the Lebanese pound, which is most commonly known in Lebanon as the Lebanese lira. It is denoted by the symbol "ل.ل.‎, " or "LL" (ISO code: LBP). After the Lebanese Civil War ended, its value was kept stable relative to the US dollar for decades, at a value of LL1,500 to US$1, but has been in free fall since October 2019, resulting in a major economic crisis that has paraly

How this compares to Lebanon

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Beirut at 53/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Lebanon's national picture overall (39/100 vs 39/100).

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