Is Leicester safe? Sierra Leone travel risk
Is Leicester safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Leicester scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Sierra Leone Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 15 Sep 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.
Leicester scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Sierra Leone (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Leicester: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (53/100) and health and medical access (64/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Sierra Leone travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 8.4604° N, 13.2192° W in Western Area, Leicester maintains a regional distance of 3.0 km NNW to Freetown.
Western Area
8.4604° N, 13.2192° W
Lowland
UTC
18,678
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Sierra Leone)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (28 °C avg high); Wettest: August (649 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° |
| Low °C | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 25° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 14 | 23 | 73 | 296 | 466 | 597 | 649 | 530 | 322 | 107 | 25 |
Normals: Freetown (3 km away).
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 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 3 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Leicester happened in April (32 of 35 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Sierra Leone travel advice & laws.
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