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TTDI Solo-Safety Index

TTDI Solo-Safety Index 2026

Frozen snapshot — this edition's ranking never changes. The current edition may differ.

Ranked from TTDI editorial judgments — each city's score is grounded in cited authoritative sources and reviewed under TTDI's audit gates.

Ranking 35 TTDI-covered cities · data cut · methodology v1.0 · observed edition

Observed snapshot: cut from data current at publication.

Key findings

  • Tokyo is the safest for solo travel of the 35 TTDI-covered cities, scoring 9.5/10.
  • Solo-safety scores span 9.5 (Tokyo) to 4.5 (Medellin) — a 5.0-point spread.
  • The median solo-safety score is 7.8/10.
Top 10 of 35 · Score (0–10)
TTDI Solo-Safety Index 2026 — Top 10 of 35 · Score (0–10) Tokyo: 9.5 1 Tokyo 9.5 Kyoto: 9.2 =2 Kyoto 9.2 Singapore: 9.2 =2 Singapore 9.2 Amsterdam: 9.0 =4 Amsterdam 9.0 Seoul: 9.0 =4 Seoul 9.0 Osaka: 8.8 6 Osaka 8.8 Dubai: 8.5 =7 Dubai 8.5 Helsinki: 8.5 =7 Helsinki 8.5 Sapporo: 8.5 =7 Sapporo 8.5 Taipei: 8.5 =7 Taipei 8.5
Rank City Score (0–10)
1 Tokyo 9.5
=2 Kyoto 9.2
=2 Singapore 9.2
=4 Amsterdam 9.0
=4 Seoul 9.0
6 Osaka 8.8
=7 Dubai 8.5
=7 Helsinki 8.5
=7 Sapporo 8.5
=7 Taipei 8.5
11 Sydney 8.3
=12 Abu Dhabi 8.2
=12 Edinburgh 8.2
=12 Lisbon 8.2
=15 Copenhagen 7.8
=15 Honolulu 7.8
=15 London 7.8
=15 Toronto 7.8
=19 Berlin 7.2
=19 Riga 7.2
=19 Shanghai 7.2
=19 Stockholm 7.2
=23 Bali 7.0
=23 Bangkok 7.0
25 Dublin 6.8
=26 New York 6.5
=26 Paris 6.5
=26 Rome 6.5
29 Brussels 6.2
=30 Barcelona 6.0
=30 Istanbul 6.0
32 Buenos Aires 5.5
33 San José 5.2
34 Cape Town 5.0
35 Medellin 4.5

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Tokyo leads the TTDI Solo-Safety Index 2026 of 35 TTDI-covered cities.

TTDI Solo-Safety Index 2026, TTDI.net research (https://ttdi.net/research/solo-safety/2026/), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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