Is Arras safe? France travel risk
Is Arras safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Arras scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates France Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 28 May 2025); 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.
Arras scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and France (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Arras: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and natural hazards (41/100).
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 50.2920° N, 2.7800° E place Arras within Hauts-de-France at an elevation of 73 meters. Heading to Paris: 162.6 km S.
Hauts-de-France
50.2920° N, 2.7800° E
73 m
Europe/Paris
42,621
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (France)
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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Arras happened in November (3 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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