Is Nottingham safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Nottingham safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Nottingham 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.
Nottingham 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 Nottingham: 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.
Consult the United Kingdom travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Nottingham at 52.9561° N, 1.1512° W (elevation 46 m), Nottingham lies 175.5 km SSE of London. Time zone: Europe/London.
Nottingham
52.9561° N, 1.1512° W
46 m
Europe/London
289,301
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Nottingham happened in January, March, June and September (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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