Every neighbourhood on NavigatAI carries two scores: a safety score and a trendiness (vibe) score, shown as colour-coded map layers. This post explains, honestly, what they are, and what they are not.

What the two scores mean

Trendiness (vibe). How vibrant, social, and visitor-friendly an area feels: nightlife, cafés, cultural activity, general buzz. On the map, darker blue means trendier. It is a rough answer to "will something be happening here?"

Safety. A general sense of how calm and secure an area tends to feel. Green means safer; the ramp runs through amber to red for areas that read as less calm. It is meant to help you compare neighbourhoods against each other, not to certify any place as risk-free.

We keep them as two separate layers on purpose. A quiet residential suburb can be very safe but not very trendy; a nightlife district can be buzzing and perfectly fine to visit but score lower on calm. Collapsing both into one number would hide exactly the trade-off you are trying to make.

Where the data comes from

The scores are generated by an AI model that aggregates publicly available signals (the kind of information found in travel writing, local blogs, and open data) into a consistent estimate from 0 to 100% for each neighbourhood, so cities can be compared on the same scale.

What the scores are not

This is the important part.

• They are estimates, not measurements. They are not official crime statistics and should never be read as a guarantee.
• They describe a whole neighbourhood on average. Any single street or moment can differ.
• They can be out of date or simply wrong. Cities change; models are imperfect.

In other words: use the scores to narrow your options and ask better questions, then verify anything that matters (a specific address, a late-night route) against current, official sources. That is exactly how we use them ourselves.

How to actually use them

1. Pick a city and turn on the trendiness layer to find the lively areas.
2. Switch to the safety layer to see how those same areas read on calm.
3. Look at the attraction and gastronomy markers to gauge what is actually around.
4. Shortlist two or three neighbourhoods and dig into the specifics elsewhere.

The bottom line: NavigatAI is a fast way to form a first impression of an unfamiliar city. Let it start the conversation, not end it.

Open the map and try the layers on a city you know well; it is the quickest way to build trust in what the scores are telling you.