Travel Safety in Mauritius

Mauritius is generally safe. Petty crime is the most common security incident to affect foreign nationals. This typically takes the form of theft of unattended items. Muggings and other forms of more violent petty crime do occur, but are not common. Similarly, violent crime itself is rare.

One security concern that has escalated in recent years is express kidnapping, which is the short-term abduction of an individual during which they are robbed of their possessions or forced to use ATMs to withdraw funds. Cases have been reported in popular tourist areas, but are almost always perpertrated by criminals posing as taxi drivers.

Demonstrations have increased in frequency in recent years, but still do not typically involve violent disruptions; such gatherings are most likely to take place in Port Louis and outyling areas of the city.

Besides from express kidnapping, there is no notable kidnapping-for-ransom risk in Mauritius. There is a low-level terrorism risk, stemming mainly from radicalised local actors, but this is not considered significant at this time.

Medical facilities on the island are good-to-adequate.