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82 cities · data for 2025

Safest and most dangerous cities in Israel 2025

In 2025, the police opened the most criminal cases relative to population in Eilat (101.7), Tel Aviv-Yafo (74.8) and Be'er Sheva (72.1) cases per 1,000 residents. The safest cities: Modi'in Illit (7.1), Beitar Illit (11.6) and Elad (13.5).

Beit She'an: 56.3Kafr Qara: 46.5Ariel: 26.8Nesher: 32Ma'alot-Tarshiha: 25.2Kiryat Shmona: 35.8Mughar: 20.2Yokneam Illit: 18.4Ganei Tikva: 15.6Qalansawe: 38.6Or Akiva: 32.2Arrabe: 30.1Tire: 59.5Kafr Qasim: 34.7Migdal HaEmek: 34.5Kfar Yona: 28.5Kiryat Malakhi: 55.6Arad: 49.5Givat Shmuel: 25.5Yehud-Monosson: 30.8Baqa al-Gharbiyye: 35.4Tirat Carmel: 30.5Sakhnin: 41.8Ma'ale Adumim: 31.3Tamra: 62.9Safed (Tzfat): 28.8Dimona: 50Sderot: 43.8Be'er Ya'akov: 22.8Kiryat Yam: 38.1Or Yehuda: 41.3Ofakim: 37.3Harish: 20.8Shefa-'Amr: 44.7Karmiel: 31Nes Ziona: 25Nof HaGalil: 55.6Kiryat Ono: 25.3Tayibe: 43.8Kiryat Bialik: 29.3Ramat HaSharon: 26.3Kiryat Motzkin: 27.4Elad: 13.5Acre (Akko): 52.5Tiberias: 53.3Eilat: 101.7Givatayim: 29.9Yavne: 31.4Netivot: 31.1Umm al-Fahm: 32.5Kiryat Ata: 32.6Hod HaSharon: 29.2Nahariya: 33.6Afula: 42.8Beitar Illit: 11.6Nazareth: 49.7Kiryat Gat: 45.3Rosh HaAyin: 25.1Rahat: 50.6Ra'anana: 22.5Ramla: 54Modi'in Illit: 7.1Kfar Saba: 34.2Lod: 47.7Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut: 18.3Hadera: 40.4Herzliya: 34.5Bat Yam: 60.5Rehovot: 30Ramat Gan: 35.7Ashkelon: 48.6Holon: 42.4Beit Shemesh: 17.2Be'er Sheva: 72.1Ashdod: 43.7Netanya: 36.7Bnei Brak: 17.6Rishon LeZion: 37.3Petah Tikva: 31.7Haifa: 42.3Tel Aviv-Yafo: 74.8Jerusalem: 28123
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Most crime

  1. #2Tel Aviv-Yafo74.8Cases per 1,000 residents
  2. #1Eilat101.7Cases per 1,000 residents
  3. #3Be'er Sheva72.1Cases per 1,000 residents

Safest

  1. 82Modi'in Illit7.1
  2. 81Beitar Illit11.6
  3. 80Elad13.5

Full ranking: Safest and most dangerous cities in Israel

Cases per 1,000 residents, 2025. Click a name to see all its data.

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#CityCases per 1,000 residents
1Eilat
101.7
2Tel Aviv-Yafo
74.8
3Be'er Sheva
72.1
4Tamra
62.9
5Bat Yam
60.5
6Tire
59.5
7Beit She'an
56.3
8Nof HaGalil
55.6
9Kiryat Malakhi
55.6
10Ramla
54
11Tiberias
53.3
12Acre (Akko)
52.5
13Rahat
50.6
14Dimona
50
15Nazareth
49.7
16Arad
49.5
17Ashkelon
48.6
18Lod
47.7
19Kafr Qara
46.5
20Kiryat Gat
45.3

Dashed line: the median, 34.5

By district

The median value in each district

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Southern
49.5
Northern
41.8
Tel Aviv
35.7
Haifa
32.5
Central
30.8
Jerusalem
28
Judea and Samaria
26.8

How is this ranking calculated?

Method and sources

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Criminal cases opened by the Israel Police in the town during the year, per 1,000 residents. Cities with many visitors, industrial zones or nightlife look higher, because offences are recorded where they happen, not where offenders live.

FAQ

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What is the most dangerous city in Israel?

By the rate of criminal cases in 2025, Eilat: 101.7 cases per 1,000 residents, against an average of 38.4 in Israeli cities.

What is the safest city in Israel?

Modi'in Illit, with 7.1 cases per 1,000 residents in 2025, the lowest rate of all 82 cities.

How is crime in a city measured?

By the number of cases the police opened in the town in a year, divided by its population. It measures reported offences, not all crime.

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