Muscat

Go with a plan.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Muscat at 81/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Oman's national picture overall (69/100 vs 72/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
69Sketch Score

City page · part of Oman

The one number a country page can't give you

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

Crime Index

18.6

Safety Index

81.4

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

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

67advisoryConsensus
61Political Stability
59Police Trust
76Health
81Crime
20LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Illegal Penalty: Fines and prison sentence up to 3 years (only enforced when dealing with "public scandal").

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

G · 240V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 9999 / ambulance: 9999 / fire: 9999

How this compares to Oman

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Muscat at 81/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Oman's national picture overall (69/100 vs 72/100).

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