Crime in Medellin, Colombia
Crime rates in Medellin, Colombia
| Level of crime | 67.19 | High | |
| Crime increasing in the past 5 years | 54.48 | Moderate | |
| Worries home broken and things stolen | 35.96 | Low | |
| Worries being mugged or robbed | 64.10 | High | |
| Worries car stolen | 45.05 | Moderate | |
| Worries things from car stolen | 54.57 | Moderate | |
| Worries attacked | 41.34 | Moderate | |
| Worries being insulted | 33.76 | Low | |
| Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion | 17.79 | Very Low | |
| Problem people using or dealing drugs | 65.58 | High | |
| Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft | 57.89 | Moderate | |
| Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery | 65.04 | High | |
| Problem corruption and bribery | 73.94 | High |
Safety in Medellin, Colombia
| Safety walking alone during daylight | 63.82 | High | |
| Safety walking alone during night | 36.28 | Low |
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Last update: October 2024
These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.
If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.
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Continents with the 10 most homicidal countries, 2023-
Africa 7 (Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
America 2 (Haiti, Venezuela)
Asia 1 (Afghanistan)
Source: *The State Department* (note the source, they're independent and in the business of telling you how dangerous a country is).
As is evident, the reality of homicide is genuinely frightening and not something to make jokes about. The world homicide capitals are not innocuous tourist resorts where you take your sick grandma on her bucket list.
Reported homicides in Colombia increased for the fith time in six years during 2023 and it sounds like it's worsening anecdotally, but it still isn't top 10. It might sneak into the top 20.
I would put the stats accuracy of Colombia and Medellin somewhere between useless data countries and a Haiti-less Caribbean, or Southern Africa which is similar to the Carib (Haiti conversely resembles an unstable Middle belt African country).
There are too many surreal-level stories of bodies 'disappeared', attempts to build luxury apartments and hotels over resultant mass grave sites and an appalling tourist murder rate that look like it should equate to far, far higher numbers than in official records. Port-au-Prince aside, the murder rate looks less accurate than anywhere else in the Americas. It's laughable how low it is.
It's a weird place is Medellin and Colombia.
Highest homicide rates per 100,000 by country, 2023:
128+/100k) Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Congo (Kinshasa), Haiti, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Venezuela
64-127.99/100k) Burkina Faso, Burundi, Honduras, Iraq, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Syria
32-63.99/100k) COLOMBIA, Ecuador, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa etc.
Colombians breath a sigh of relief, you're outside the top two rows which is 17 countries.
It means don't take your eyes off your stuff and don't take out cell phone, hold your backpack, be aware of your surroundings, don't leave your computer or cell phone on a restaurant table, etc....
No dar papaya!
Every local we talked to had been robbed multiple times. Some had worse stories (carjacking, family member murdered).
People are very proud of their city and tend to deny that there is still a safety problem, but I’d strongly recommend against going.