Is Aiken safe? United States travel risk
Is Aiken safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Aiken scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Aiken scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Aiken: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than 32% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 33.5303° N, 81.7271° W in South Carolina, Aiken features an altitude of 157 m. The settlement is located 731.7 km NNE from Washington.
South Carolina
33.5303° N, 81.7271° W
157 m
America/New_York
32,334
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Aiken happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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