Plan safer walks home by seeing reported incidents, crime heatmaps, and safe spaces nearby. Get crime-aware routes, share your journey live, and access emergency help quickly. Features include an Area Safety widget and Apple Watch integration.
1.4.2
November 4, 2026
Navigation keeps going in your pocket. If iOS disconnects SafeRoute's screen partway through a walk, for example with your phone locked in a pocket, turn-by-turn guidance now carries on: spoken directions, the Live Activity, your Apple Watch, a walk you share with Live location, and arrival. Before, all of these could stop until you opened SafeRoute again, and the app then planned your route again. A new look for the crime map. On Nearby, Plan and the large Home Screen widget, the crime shading now sits under the roads, so roads and place names show over it, and its quietest areas are a pale warm sand instead of green. The large widget's map now comes from Mapbox, in the same map style as the app, and it shows the whole 1 km area the widget's figures count. Widgets list the most reported categories first, as "What's reported here" on Nearby now does, and a single incident reads "1 incident". In the large widget, a safety score of 100 no longer shows as "1…". Fixes: - Starting navigation could crash SafeRoute when Mapbox's routing service had a server error. SafeRoute now tries a fresh route, and if that fails too, shows an error you can close. - In the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm), SafeRoute now offers 999, the islands' emergency number, instead of 112. - On the full-screen Nearby map, tapping the compass, the Mapbox logo or the (i) button no longer also opens the crime cell, school or area under it. - Kansas City: places at the edge of the city that our crime data covers, such as Martin City and Longview, no longer show "Not covered". - Minneapolis home values now run to August 2026, and show Hennepin County's disclaimer for its open data. Walk smart. Walk safer. Walk home.
MoreSafeRoute Global is a navigation app designed to help users walk home more safely. It provides information on reported crime, crime-aware routing, and quick access to emergency services.
SafeRoute Global scores each route based on the latest local crime data, indicating whether it's LOW, MODERATE, or HIGH risk. It also shows how much of the route is on lit versus dark streets, allowing you to choose a lower-risk path.
Yes, you can send a live link via WhatsApp, iMessage, or any share-sheet app. Your trusted contact can follow your live location on a public page without needing the app, and the sharing stops automatically when you arrive.
No, SafeRoute Global does not contain advertisements.
SafeRoute Global is available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It also supports Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
SafeRoute Global has an age rating of 9+, making it suitable for younger users with parental guidance.
The latest version, 1.4.2, was released on November 4, 2026, indicating regular updates to ensure data accuracy and app functionality.
SafeRoute Global is built for everyone and supports both English and Spanish. It also includes full Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver labels, and Reduce Motion support.
