Is Australia safe in 2026?
Australia scores 84.7/100 on the live safety index — generally safe. The main pressure on the score comes from natural disasters, crime, health. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 82.2/100).
84.7 /100generally safe
30-day trend
Australia's score fell by −5.1 over the last 22 days (89.8 → 84.7).
Risk factors
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Conflict & War
0.9/34.1 safety points.
Nuclear threats & incidents
Nuclear index: 2.0/100. Does not affect the Safety Index.
Our index tracks nuclear weapons development, tests, radiation incidents and threats to use nuclear weapons. It also includes explicitly threatened countries. This is our own index, not a probability of nuclear war.
Official travel advisory
1 Exercise Normal Precautions
The U.S. State Department places Australia at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 84.7/100. That advisory was last revised Aug 18, 2026, 59 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Aug 18, 2026. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- Town's only unleaded service station cuts fuel supply over rising costs
- Nine injured in Australia as car crashes into crowd north of Sydney
- Bird flu detected in seal, bird samples taken from remote southern island
- Australians cut fuel purchases as Iran war drives prices higher
- Home Affairs 'unlawfully' jailed Australian citizen for 945 days
- Patient recounts moment he was set on fire at Sydney hospital
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 82.2/100 (generated )
A series of violent crimes and economic pressures are contributing to a decline in perceived safety.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 84.7 | — | |
| Timor-Leste | 85.2 | +0.5 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 73.2 | −11.5 | |
| Solomon Islands | 82.5 | −2.2 | |
| New Caledonia | 88.7 | +4.0 | |
| Norfolk Island | 95.1 | +10.4 |