SafeRoute

Plan a driving route that steers around high-crime areas, then open it in Google Maps or Waze. You stay in control of what counts as "avoid."

Start typing and pick a suggestion — the green check confirms the exact place. You can also click the map (1st click = start, 2nd = destination).
G Open in Google MapsRoute with waypoints that avoid the zones W Open in WazeDestination only — Waze links can't carry waypoints
Avoid-zones 0 on
● high   ● elevated   ● moderate (off by default). Toggle any area on/off. Shift-click the map to drop your own custom avoid-zone.
Auto-avoidance engine
Optional: paste a free key for stronger avoidance
Avoidance works with no key — the app detects where the route enters a zone and searches for detour waypoints that get around it. That search is a good approximation but it tries a limited number of options. With a free OpenRouteService key (2 minutes, no credit card) the avoidance is computed inside the routing engine itself, which is exact — it will never cross a zone if any legal route exists.
Kept only in this browser tab's memory. Never uploaded anywhere except OpenRouteService itself when routing.
How the zones are chosen. They come from published city-level violent-crime statistics (FBI UCR and standard rankings), not live data. Crime varies enormously street-to-street, interstates through these cities are heavily traveled every day, and avoiding an area can add real driving time. This is a personal planning aid, not a safety guarantee or a judgment about the people who live there. Verify routes yourself before relying on them.