The US Department of State has reaffirmed Anguilla’s status as a low-risk destination in its latest travel advisory updates.
The advisories provide guidelines for travellers, categorising destinations based on safety risks and offering recommendations to ensure a secure visit.
Anguilla remains in the lowest of four risk categories at level one, and the advisory suggests tourists exercise normal precautions when visiting.
The advisory highlights Anguilla’s safety for tourists, noting a low level of crime and that US citizens are not specifically targeted.
However, it says that crimes of opportunity, such as burglary and vehicle break-ins, as well as violent crime, such as murder, shootings and robberies, do occasionally occur.
This year to date, Anguilla has recorded five homicides – however, none of the victims have been US tourists.
Other Caribbean destinations in the level one category include Aruba, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sint Maarten and others.
Islands in the region that are in the level two category, or increased caution and possibly heightened risk, include Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Bahamas.
Jamaica is a level three country, which means tourists should reconsider travel as there might be serious risks, and Haiti is in level four which means travel is not advised.
View Anguilla’s travel advisory in full here.
