Is Verviers safe? Belgium travel risk
Is Verviers safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Verviers scores 35/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Belgium Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 23 Jul 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Verviers scores 35/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Belgium (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Verviers: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (36/100) and natural hazards (50/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Belgium travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 50.5835° N, 5.8641° E in Wallonia, Verviers features an altitude of 201 m. The settlement is located 110.4 km WNW from Brussels.
Wallonia
50.5835° N, 5.8641° E
201 m
Europe/Brussels
55,198
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Belgium)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Verviers happened in May and June (8 of 16 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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