Is Ocala safe? United States travel risk
Is Ocala safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ocala scores 34/100 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.
Ocala scores 34/100 (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 Ocala: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 29.1780° N, 82.1511° W within Florida, Ocala is situated 1,180.0 km NNE of Washington at an altitude of 21 m.
Florida
29.1780° N, 82.1511° W
21 m
America/New_York
197,770
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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