Is Roanoke Rapids safe? United States travel risk
Is Roanoke Rapids safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Roanoke Rapids scores 40/100 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.
Roanoke Rapids scores 40/100 (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 Roanoke Rapids: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: natural hazards (68/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 40 is higher than 41% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Situated in North Carolina at 36.4452° N, 77.6490° W (elevation 48 m), Roanoke Rapids lies 279.1 km N of Washington. Time zone: America/New_York.
North Carolina
36.4452° N, 77.6490° W
48 m
America/New_York
15,024
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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