Is Kilmarnock safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Kilmarnock safe right now? Checked 24 October 2026
Kilmarnock scores 28/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kilmarnock scores 28/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kilmarnock: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (26/100).
A score of 28 is higher than 8% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Kilmarnock belongs to East Ayrshire (United Kingdom), centered at coordinates 55.6111° N, 4.4957° W (39 m above sea level). Distance to London is 539.6 km towards the SE.
East Ayrshire
55.6111° N, 4.4957° W
39 m
Europe/London
46,350
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United Kingdom
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (18 °C avg high); Wettest: January (117 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 6° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 117 | 80 | 93 | 75 | 74 | 82 | 96 | 90 | 97 | 115 | 97 | 112 |
Normals: Glasgow (31.8 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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