Is New Bedford safe? United States travel risk
Is New Bedford safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
New Bedford 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.
New Bedford 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 New Bedford: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 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 the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 41.6697° N, 70.9428° W within Massachusetts, New Bedford is situated 599.7 km WSW of Washington at an altitude of 29 m.
Massachusetts
41.6697° N, 70.9428° W
29 m
America/New_York
152,104
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (28 °C avg high); Wettest: November (115 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 4° | 8° | 15° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 18° | 10° | 5° |
| Low °C | -6° | -5° | -1° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 3° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 97 | 74 | 96 | 103 | 91 | 94 | 87 | 91 | 80 | 89 | 115 | 111 |
Normals: Providence (43 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 |
Most flood events within 100 km of New Bedford happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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