Lagos

Nope.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Lagos at 31/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Nigeria's national picture overall (34/100 vs 41/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
34Sketch Score

City page · part of Nigeria

The one number a country page can't give you

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

Crime Index

69.1

Safety Index

30.9

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

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

44advisoryConsensus
15Political Stability
30Police Trust
44Health
31Crime
2LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Illegal since 1 June 1904 (Northern Region only)Illegal since 1 June 1916 (Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria) Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment. Death in the states of Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara. (not enforced)

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

D / G · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 112 / ambulance: 112 / fire: 112

How this compares to Nigeria

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Lagos at 31/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Nigeria's national picture overall (34/100 vs 41/100).

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