Is East Kilbride safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is East Kilbride safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
East Kilbride scores 27/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); 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.
East Kilbride scores 27/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to East Kilbride: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (29/100).
A score of 27 is higher than the scores of 18% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 55.7644° N, 4.1769° W place East Kilbride within South Lanarkshire at an elevation of 161 meters. Heading to London: 543.2 km SSE.
South Lanarkshire
55.7644° N, 4.1769° W
161 m
Europe/London
75,120
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United Kingdom)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (18 °C avg high); Wettest: January (117 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 6° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 117 | 80 | 93 | 75 | 74 | 82 | 96 | 90 | 97 | 115 | 97 | 112 |
Normals: Glasgow (11.7 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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