A low-confidence first reference using South Africa-level structural indicators and official warnings about violent crime, kidnapping, terrorism, and unrest.
Safrom's citywide research estimate is 49/100. Higher scores mean safer on the model's scale. Evidence as of . Confidence: D.
What does this area's map cover?
128 areas with estimates. Area evidence as of .
Area evidence and limitations
Overall-only public-alpha estimate. Ward variation is a conservative four-kilometre proximity signal from 39 community-mapped police and fire-station points that fall inside the current Johannesburg ward boundaries, anchored to Johannesburg's global city score. Fire stations receive a small transparent capacity weight. OpenStreetMap facility coverage is not an authoritative or complete government register, and proximity is not response time or performance: the model ignores roads, traffic, staffing, equipment, availability, incident demand and hazards, while centroid proximity can misrepresent large wards. Only infrastructure-response access varies; crime and other dimensions do not vary by ward, no day/night difference is inferred, and this is not an official ward ranking. OpenStreetMap boundaries are for display only; not travel advice.
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Citywide evidence
Personal violence
28/100
Property & scams
32/100
Getting around
55/100
Health & rescue
68/100
Conflict & stability
62/100
Disaster & environment
76/100
Infrastructure response
62/100
Batch-generated global-scale research estimates. Local signals are used when available; otherwise documented country-level baselines and official current-condition guidance provide a low-confidence first reference. Not travel advice.
does not provide a comparable Johannesburg incident rate; U.S.-traveler perspective; advisory level is not an absolute safety score; large within-city and time-of-day variation remains hidden
country-level only; modeled perceptions rather than traveler incidents; cannot represent neighborhood variation or current events; confidence intervals must not be discarded