Kathmandu

Go with a plan.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Kathmandu at 64/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Nepal's national picture overall (66/100 vs 71/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
66Sketch Score

City page · part of Nepal

The one number a country page can't give you

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

Crime Index

36.4

Safety Index

63.6

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

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

78advisoryConsensus
52Political Stability
44Police Trust
76Health
64Crime
90LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Legal since 2007+ 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 / D / M · 230V

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Driving side

left

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Emergency

police: 100 / ambulance: 102 / fire: 101

How this compares to Nepal

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Kathmandu at 64/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Nepal's national picture overall (66/100 vs 71/100).

See the full Nepal page and all receipts →