Think twice.
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Muscat at 81/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Oman's national picture overall (54/100 vs 54/100).
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
Sub-scores
Same real inputs as Oman's national page, with crime swapped for Muscat's own Numbeo number above.
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
Plug & voltage
G · 240V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 9999 / ambulance: 9999 / fire: 9999
Cash vs. Card
The currency in Muscat is the Omani rial, denoted by the symbol "ريال" (ISO currency code OMR). Wikivoyage uses "RO" to remote the currency. One rial is made up of one thousand baisa (also written baiza, Arabic: بيسة). The Omani rial is tied to the US dollar at 1 rial = US$2.6008 making it one of the largest units of currency in the world; exchange rates on the streets are a percentage point or t
How this compares to Oman
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Muscat at 81/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Oman's national picture overall (54/100 vs 54/100).
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