Is Riga safe?
Latvia scores 7.4 out of 10 on the national peace and safety index, in the middle of the range.
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Two of these numbers describe Latvia as a whole, and two are measured around Riga itself. A national index says nothing about which street to avoid at 2am. For that you need people who live there, not a dataset.
- Peace and safety index
- 7.4 / 10
country-level index
- Women's safety index
- 7.0 / 10
country-level index
- LGBT+ legal protection
- 6.0 / 10
country-level index
- Earthquakes, magnitude 5+
- 0 in 50 years within 200 km
measured around this city
- Tropical storms
- 0 since 1980 within 200 km
measured around this city
- Air quality, annual mean PM2.5
- 11 µg/m³
measured around this city
Global Peace Index for the whole country, rescaled to 0-10. It reflects conflict, crime and political stability nationally, not the street you would live on.
Women's Danger Index, country level. Useful as a national signal, not as neighbourhood guidance.
Velasco LGBT+ Policy Index, country level: what the law says, not how a given district feels.
USGS catalogue, measured around this city's coordinates.
NOAA IBTrACS storm tracks, measured around this city's coordinates.
Copernicus CAMS model. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³. Modelled, not a station reading.
where these numbers come from
- · Peace and safety: Global Peace Index, country level.
- · Women's safety: Women's Danger Index, country level.
- · LGBT+ legal protection: Velasco LGBT+ Policy Index, country level.
- · Earthquakes: USGS earthquake catalogue, within 200 km of the city.
- · Tropical storms: NOAA IBTrACS storm tracks, within 200 km of the city.
- · Air quality: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, modelled.
Last reviewed 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.