Safest cities in South Korea by recorded crime
의왕시, South Korea has the lowest recorded incidents per 100,000 residents of the 30 cities compared: 2,014 incidents per 100,000 (KR-Police-regional-crime-2024, 2024-12-31).
South Korean cities ranked by recorded incidents per 100,000 residents.
- Items compared
- 30
- Countries represented
- 1
- Last checked
- 2026-09-16
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| Original rank | City or place | Source and scope | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 의왕시, South Korea | 2,014 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 2 | 노원구, South Korea | 2,080 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 3 | 도봉구, South Korea | 2,131 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 4 | 성북구, South Korea | 2,171 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 5 | 완주군, South Korea | 2,188 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 6 | 세종특별자치시, South Korea | 2,226 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 7 | 안양시, South Korea | 2,256 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 8 | 강동구, South Korea | 2,258 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 9 | 달성군, South Korea | 2,286 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 10 | buggu, South Korea | 2,330 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 11 | 용인시, South Korea | 2,339 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 12 | 양천구, South Korea | 2,343 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 13 | 남양주시, South Korea | 2,343 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 14 | junggu, South Korea | 2,355 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 15 | 은평구, South Korea | 2,363 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 16 | 광명시, South Korea | 2,385 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 17 | 양주시, South Korea | 2,390 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 18 | 연수구, South Korea | 2,414 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 19 | 동작구, South Korea | 2,423 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 20 | 서대문구, South Korea | 2,486 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 21 | 군포시, South Korea | 2,515 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 22 | 고양시, South Korea | 2,515 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 23 | 홍성군, South Korea | 2,565 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 24 | 정읍시, South Korea | 2,575 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 25 | 유성구, South Korea | 2,597 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 26 | 안동시, South Korea | 2,599 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 27 | 수성구, South Korea | 2,630 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 28 | buggu, South Korea | 2,658 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 29 | 김천시, South Korea | 2,698 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 30 | donggu, South Korea | 2,713 incidents per 100,000 | 2026-09-16 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
What the numbers say
- 의왕시, South Korea leads at 2,014 incidents per 100,000.
- donggu, South Korea sits at the other end with 2,713 incidents per 100,000.
- The middle of this ranking is 2,385 incidents per 100,000, across 30 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 698.8 incidents per 100,000.
Quick answer
What does Safest cities in South Korea by recorded crime show?
의왕시, South Korea has the lowest recorded incidents per 100,000 residents of the 30 cities compared: 2,014 incidents per 100,000 (KR-Police-regional-crime-2024, 2024-12-31).
How this list is built
Every row is a published recorded incidents per 100,000 residents observation measured in incidents per 100,000, ranked lowest first. The values were observed in 2024. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.
- Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
- A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
- Rows
- 30 places
- Geographic grain
- municipality
- Observation period
- 2024-12-31
- Last checked
- 2026-09-16
- With an official source link
- 30 of 30
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 16). Safest cities in South Korea by recorded crime [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 07e6d919a00761422d6e5a1661818001]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/south-korea-safest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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