Level of crime | 50.24 | Moderate | |
Crime increasing in the past 3 years | 50.00 | Moderate | |
Worries home broken and things stolen | 46.82 | Moderate | |
Worries being mugged or robbed | 48.39 | Moderate | |
Worries car stolen | 35.19 | Low | |
Worries things from car stolen | 42.14 | Moderate | |
Worries attacked | 41.82 | Moderate | |
Worries being insulted | 34.72 | Low | |
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin colour, ethnic origin or religion | 27.57 | Low | |
Problem people using or dealing drugs | 59.17 | Moderate | |
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft | 51.15 | Moderate | |
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery | 47.05 | Moderate | |
Problem corruption and bribery | 64.35 | High |
Safety walking alone during daylight | 69.55 | High | |
Safety walking alone during night | 45.41 | Moderate |
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Last update: November 2018
These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 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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23 Comments so far
I usually go out late at night to travel to work, and it's been relatively safe so far. Though, I would advice to be vigilant of your surroundings. It only takes one bad thing to happen to you to threaten your life.
I am Australian and love this country but there are plenty of places you don't go here. Its just about being smart and respect people in their home.
Hope to live in Cebu soon.
I had the vallet in my pocket, it was full of money and credit cards, 30 seconds of distration while buying cigarettes from a street wendor in Mango street 2am. When i drive home my valet is on the floor of the car. Thje money is gone but all cards left. Like magic.
Another incident 5 years earlier, I was out driving 3am with my car, right side window open. Talked with some street children thru the window and one of them took my cellphone lying on the right side chair.
Stupid me!
I went to the police station togetheer with some other street children at 3.30am. The police and the other street children found my cellphone in Pasil (a no-go zoon for foreigners and local cebuanos) and I got it back and the perpetrators were catched. At the police station the police asked me if I wanted to press charges.
I said no. And gave the street children helping me a full McDonalds meal each (which is a 5-star treat for the poor). I mean guys, in what other place in the world would the police bother to catch cellphone thiefs and get your cellphone back within 1-2 hours. It is outlandish amazing awesome.
Cebu is even safer now, after President Duterte was installed 2016. Crimerate has fallen dramatically all over the country. The government services is faster than in the so called developed world.
There are no-go zones like Pasil and Ermita and Carbon market, and some more, stay away from those places. Even locals do that. Common sence. If someone say to you "My friend!" Don't answer, say nothing, don't look that is the fastest way to get rid of street pedlers. But they are very few now since Duterte was installed.
The City of Davao, President Dutertes hometown, is the 6th safest city in the world. Go there if you want to be 95% safe and secure. It is also clean as Singapore, no bad smell. If you want to be 100% safe, you better go to heaven, but then you got to die first :)
Dress down, don't be showy, or create a business or invest in anything you dont care to lose.
Whatever you build or invest in will probably be stolen or extorted, and if you succeed in business you may die since Filipinos crab mentality will end up with you being dead, stabbed, shot, or cheated.
Just roll with the whole scene, dress like you don't have money, and be ready to have your posessions, including documents stolen at some point.
Once you come to grips with this advice.......carry on, and have a nice time !
I've been going there since the 80's and have heard it all and am now sharing.