Go with a plan.
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Casablanca at 45/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Morocco's national picture overall (59/100 vs 62/100).
City page · part of Morocco
The one number a country page can't give you
What people who actually live in Casablanca 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 Morocco's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.
Crime Index
55.2
Safety Index
44.8
Sub-scores
Same real inputs as Morocco's national page, with crime swapped for Casablanca's own Numbeo number above.
Local know-how
Staying safe in Casablanca, specifically
- • Common sense will alleviate 99% of problems; try to look as little like a tourist as possible, do not flash large quantities of cash, and so on.
- • Pickpocketing and moto-drive-by theft seem more to be a problem here—hide your valuables!
Legal status (national law)
Illegal since 17 June 1963 Penalty: Up to 3 to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour.
Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →Pack this, know this
The little things that trip people up
Plug & voltage
C / E · 220V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 19 / ambulance: 15 / fire: 15
SIM / Data
The mobile telephone network in Morocco can be accessed via one of the major operators: Orange, Inwi or Maroc Telecom (IAM - Ittisalat Al Maghrib, owned by Etisalat). Network coverage is generally good in populated areas and mostly also in the countryside. According to OpenSignal, all three providers are similarly good. Maroc Telecom has the best coverage in rural areas (including most parts of We
Cash vs. Card
The local currency is the Moroccan dirham, sometimes symbolised as "Dh", "Dhs, "DH", "درهم, or the plural form of "دراهم" or "Dhm" (ISO code: MAD). Wikivoyage articles will use dirham to denote the currency.
How this compares to Morocco
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Casablanca at 45/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Morocco's national picture overall (59/100 vs 62/100).
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