Is United Kingdom safe in 2026?

United Kingdom scores 78.3/100 on the live safety index — generally safe. The main pressure on the score comes from political stability, economy, crime. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 75.4/100).

30-day trend

United Kingdom's score fell by −9.7 over the last 22 days (88.0 → 78.3).

Risk factors

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Conflict & War

2.6/34.1 safety points.

Nuclear threats & incidents

Nuclear index: 5.0/100. Does not affect the Safety Index.

Has nuclear weapons. Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2026.

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

2 Exercise Increased Caution

The U.S. State Department places United Kingdom at Level 2 — Exercise Increased Caution. Our live index reads 78.3/100. That advisory was last revised May 8, 2025, 526 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.

Source: U.S. Department of State, revised May 8, 2025. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.

Latest recorded events

• Novels by Sally Rooney to disappear from UK bookshops due to terrorism law. This time, it’s not Russia but the United Kingdom
  Political · severity 4/10 · Meduza · Oct 15, 2026 19:32 UTC
• Sally Rooney's books no longer sold in UK over support for banned pro-Palestinian group
  Censorship · severity 3/10 · Reuters · Oct 15, 2026 19:24 UTC
• Trans women no longer to be placed on female-only wards under new NHS England guidance
  Political · severity 3/10 · The Guardian — UK News · Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC
• Sally Rooney books withdrawn in UK over Palestine Action support
  Censorship · severity 2/10 · BBC News · Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC
• Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day
  Economy · severity 2/10 · The Guardian · Oct 15, 2026 19:19 UTC
• Sally Rooney books cannot be sold in UK amid Palestine Action ban: publisher
  Censorship · severity 4/10 · Middle East Eye · Oct 15, 2026 19:15 UTC

24-hour forecast

Trend: stable · projected score 75.4/100 (generated Oct 15, 2026 23:00 UTC)

Multiple fresh censorship and social-policy controversies reinforce the sharp recent deterioration.

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