Module profile
Safety module indicator (modelled)
61/100
Personal safety, institutional trust, and resilience signals informed by international safety and crime data.
Safety in Durham61/100
Safety
Safety in Durham
GCI modelled/editorial indicators, not measured city statistics. Durham's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. Safety in Durham scores 61/100, placing it in the developing group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-10-17
- Data year (model edition)
- 2025
- Module score
- 61/100
What these numbers represent
GCI scores and planning amounts are modelled or editorial indicators, not measured city statistics or official estimates. Country assumptions are not local observations. Institutional references explain context; they do not supply these scores.
Durham's legacy safety module indicator is 61/100. The separate quality-of-life safety composite is 76/100, calculated from low-crime (32%), personal safety (30%), night safety (20%) and road safety (18%) model components. The personal-safety component is 78/100. These are different indicators, not conflicting observations of one statistic. None measures an individual's risk or replaces current local safety guidance.
Source-backed temperature context is available in the NASA POWER climate reference. It is gridded reanalysis, not a weather-station measurement, and does not validate GCI's other scores.
Content and provenance reviewed 2026-10-17; this is not a new observation date. For GCI models, data year means model edition, not a measurement period. Source-backed datasets state their own periods. Read the data categories and limitations.
Safety framing
Directional indicator
Safety framing blends violent-crime context, resident perception, and institutional response capacity into a directional orientation.
Verified utility layer
See country emergency profile
Verified country-level emergency contacts attach via the country hub where official publishers have been integrated.
Verified local dataset
Pending integration
Source-backed safety metrics will appear when the platform integrates verified city-level data.
Durham safety data table
This HTML table mirrors the visible score cards so important comparison data is never trapped in a browser-only chart.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Safety framing | Directional indicator | Use this section as context, not an official measurement. |
| Verified utility layer | See country emergency profile | Where no verified profile exists, the platform shows a transparent fallback rather than guessed values. |
| Verified local dataset | Pending integration | Transparent fallback is shown until then. |
Safety city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Modelled module score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Durham (this page) | 61/100 | Durham's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Seattle | 78/100 | Seattle has solid overall safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern. |
| Boston | 78/100 | Boston's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Scottsdale | 78/100 | Scottsdale's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Miramar | 78/100 | Miramar's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Simi Valley | 78/100 | Simi Valley's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Joliet | 78/100 | Joliet's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Kalamazoo | 78/100 | Kalamazoo's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Lancaster | 78/100 | Lancaster's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Decatur | 78/100 | Decatur's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Sheboygan | 78/100 | Sheboygan's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| San Mateo | 78/100 | San Mateo's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Chico | 78/100 | Chico's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Valdosta | 78/100 | Valdosta's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Washington DC | 77/100 | Washington DC's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Laredo | 77/100 | Laredo's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Fremont | 77/100 | Fremont's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Surprise | 77/100 | Surprise's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Norman | 77/100 | Norman's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Clovis | 77/100 | Clovis's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Round Rock | 77/100 | Round Rock's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Meridian | 77/100 | Meridian's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| West Covina | 77/100 | West Covina's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Utica | 77/100 | Utica's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Huntington Beach | 77/100 | Huntington Beach's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bellevue | 77/100 | Bellevue's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Grand Island | 77/100 | Grand Island's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| San Marcos | 77/100 | San Marcos's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Marietta | 77/100 | Marietta's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Grand Prairie | 77/100 | Grand Prairie's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Kissimmee | 77/100 | Kissimmee's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
Interpretation
The safety module uses a legacy editorial seed indicator. Its score is not calculated from a retrieved local measurement series. Related institutional links explain context, not the numeric result. Across the indexed cities the safety average is 70/100, so Durham is 9 points below the median. These comparisons use GCI modelled/editorial scores, not official measurements. Content reviewed 2026-10-17; model edition 2025, not an observation year.
Read this module with the main open the durham city profile and the read the scoring methodology page so single-topic pages do not hide tradeoffs across dimensions.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Methodology references
These publications provide background context, not the underlying city values or an endorsement of GCI scores. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Background reference only. Do not attribute the modelled city scores to this publisher.
- US Environmental Protection Agency: National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Background reference only. Do not attribute the modelled city scores to this publisher.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Background reference only. Do not attribute the modelled city scores to this publisher.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Background reference only. Do not attribute the modelled city scores to this publisher.
Continue exploring
These links connect module pages back to city, ranking, and sibling topic paths with crawlable href values.
Durham city profile
Return to the complete Durham profile with all module scores and source context.
Cost of Living in Durham
Affordability, essential costs, and day-to-day financial pressure for residents.
Air Quality in Durham
Health-oriented air-quality conditions with context from WHO, EEA, and EPA benchmarks.
Energy in Durham
Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.
Internet Speed in Durham
Broadband and mobile connectivity quality, latency, and digital-readiness signals for residents and remote workers.
Climate Risk in Durham
Climate exposure, hazard frequency, and adaptation context for floods, heat, storms, and wildfires.
Overall Intelligence
A balanced ranking of cities across affordability, air quality, clean-energy readiness, and resilience.
Quality of Life
Cities that combine strong services, mobility, safety, clean air, and resilience into a healthy day-to-day profile.