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Elizabeth score: 39/100 (Moderate) Updated September 27, 2026

Is Elizabeth safe? United States travel risk

Is Elizabeth safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Elizabeth scores 39/100 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.

Elizabeth scores 39/100 (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 Elizabeth: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: natural hazards (60/100) and security (35/100).

A score of 39 is higher than the scores of 50% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Location & Spatial Data

Coordinates 40.6658° N, 74.1913° W place Elizabeth within New Jersey at an elevation of 6 meters. Heading to Washington: 310.8 km SW.

Region
New Jersey
Coordinates
40.6658° N, 74.1913° W
Elevation
6 m
Time Zone
America/New_York
Population
135,887
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: New York City (16.5 km ENE).

Transit Links & Medical Facilities

Aviation Hub Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) 3.2 km NNE
Hospital Care Trinitas Regional Medical Center New Point Campus 0.9 km SW
Police Station Elizabeth Police Department 1.8 km W
Railway Terminal North Elizabeth 2.0 km NW

Proximate Regional Communities (United States)

Climate by Month

Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: December (106 mm).

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High °C 3° 5° 10° 16° 20° 25° 29° 28° 24° 19° 11° 6°
Low °C -4° -4° 0° 6° 11° 17° 21° 20° 17° 11° 4° -1°
Rain mm 88 74 94 101 98 96 87 104 86 82 97 106

Normals: New York (22.7 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 — — — — 2 — — —

Most flood events within 100 km of Elizabeth happened in September (2 of 4 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 United States travel advice & laws.

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Surrounding Places with Full Dossiers

Newark 15
6.7 km NNE
Staten Island 15
9.8 km SSE
Jersey City 15
11.9 km ENE
New York City 29
16.5 km ENE
Brooklyn 55
20.5 km E
New York 82
22.7 km E

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Intelligence records sourced via SimpleMaps, GeoNames, OSM, OurAirports, Open-Meteo, and USGS/GDACS · Sources · Editorial Policy