Is Lincoln safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Lincoln safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Lincoln scores 32/100 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.
Lincoln scores 32/100 (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 Lincoln: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 53.2283° N, 0.5389° W place Lincoln within Lincolnshire at an elevation of 9 meters. Heading to London: 193.4 km S.
Lincolnshire
53.2283° N, 0.5389° W
9 m
Europe/London
130,200
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United Kingdom
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Lincoln happened in January and March (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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