Bahamas
Level calmupdated 1 hour agoNo underlying concern: official advisories are at ease about this country.
What are the main risks in Bahamas?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 48 events there, including 47 severe. The most frequent: Aviation accident, Travel advisory.
Is there a government travel advisory for Bahamas?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 0 advise against travel and 5 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Bahamas: current alerts and safety news
Nothing notable in the last 7 days.
Last 90 days
- Calm
- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Bahamas?
Very little was recorded here over the last 12 months. One event, a travel advisory, and nothing our data marks as severe. Take that thin record at face value: it describes what was logged, not everything that happens. The figure that stands out is homicide, at 32.2 per 100,000 people against a world median of 2.1. It counts killings and nothing else. It says nothing about theft, scams or how an ordinary week will go, and no comparable worldwide data exists for petty crime. No state advisory against travel appears in our data. No hazard here has a season in our record, so no part of the year stands out as busier or calmer.
What it changes for a nomad
For a stay of several weeks, the record gives you almost nothing to plan around. Nothing marks one part of the year as different from another, so come when your work and your budget say so. The homicide gap is the one number worth holding in mind, and it is a number about homicides, not about your daily routine. Because no state advisory shows up in our data, check your own government's travel page yourself before you book and again close to departure. That page moves faster than this one. Build a small local network early, a landlord, a neighbour, a coworking desk, and ask them what a page like this cannot tell you.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 21, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
1 earlier analysis
August 21, 2026
The Bahamas is in the safest category with no current travel advisories. Over the last 12 months, very few events were recorded. The homicide rate is 32.2 per 100k—roughly 15 times the world median of 2.1. This gap reflects violence concentrated in specific contexts and areas rather than a widespread hazard for travellers or expats in daily movement.
To watch as a rule
- The homicide rate, 32.2 per 100,000 against a world median of 2.1, which measures homicides only.
- Whether a state advisory appears where none does today, since those pages update on their own schedule.
- The thinness of the record itself, one event over the last 12 months, too little to lean on alone.
Good reflexes
- Read your government's travel page for this country before you book, then again a few days before you fly.
- Carry one card and a small amount of cash on you, and leave the rest where you sleep.
- Agree the price and the route before you get into any vehicle you did not order yourself.
- Tell one person where you are staying and when you expect to be back from a trip out of town.
- Save your accommodation address in writing, offline, so you can show it rather than describe it.
Bahamas: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
None of the 19 countries surveyed advises against this country; 5 recommend increased caution.
Bahamas: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.
Favourable vs the world median
- Air quality (PM2.5): 5.3 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Road deaths: 7.7 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
Watch out vs the world median
- Homicides: 32.2 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
- Hospital beds: 2.2 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
- New displacements, disasters: 44.7 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Below the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Below the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Below the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Close to the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better
18,000 people in total
10 people in total
0 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
2.3/10 — low
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
Well above the world median (2.3).
Source: UNODC, via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0)
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR
Bahamas: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 0 events
Eventsof which severeNo major event reported by our sources in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months · 48 events
Eventsof which severe- Aviation accident4747 47 severe
- Travel advisory1
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What travellers lived
What people who stayed there report. A feeling is not a risk level: these figures complement official data, they don't replace it.
Nobody has shared a stay here yet. You could be the first.
Only ever published as anonymous aggregates, from 5 responses onward.
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Cities and destinations
The country's 30 regions
- Acklins
- Berry Islands
- Bimini
- Black Point
- Cat Island
- Central Abaco
- Central Andros
- Central Eleuthera
- City of Freeport
- Crooked Island and Long Cay
- East Grand Bahama
- Exuma
- Harbour Island
- Inagua
- Long Island
- Mangrove Cay
- Mayaguana
- Moore's Island
- New Providence
- North Abaco
- North Andros
- North Eleuthera
- Ragged Island
- Rum Cay
- San Salvador
- South Abaco
- South Andros
- South Eleuthera
- Spanish Wells
- West Grand Bahama
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