# Zimbabwe travel advisory: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

> Official levels only. Not travel or medical advice. The advisory may assign different levels to regions inside the destination.

- State Department level: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
- Advisory date: 2023-06-27
- Source note: Reissued after periodic review with updates to crime and civil unrest information.
- CDC travel health notices naming this destination: 0
- Observed level changes recorded by CiteFacts: 0
- Retrieved: 2026-09-10T23:03:54+00:00

## State Department summary

Opportunistic crime, such as pickpocketing, theft, and smashing of car windows with intent to steal, is common. Violent crime, such as assault, carjacking, and home invasion, also occurs. Criminals often target foreigners and residents suspected of having large sums of cash.

## CDC travel health notices

- No current CDC travel health notice names this destination in its title. This is not a statement that no health risk exists.

## Observed level history

- 2026-09-10T23:02:54+00:00 — Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution — baseline

## Sources and formats

- [Official State Department advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/zimbabwe-travel-advisory.html)
- [State Department advisory feed](https://travel.state.gov/_res/rss/TAsTWs.xml)
- [CDC travel notice feed](https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/rss/notices.xml)
- [Canonical HTML](https://citefacts.com/travel/zimbabwe)
- [JSON record](https://citefacts.com/travel/zimbabwe.json)