Highlights
• Urban ontological security theorizes the intertwined relationships between social and spatial aspects of urban security.
• Urban ontological security is related to individuals’ everyday routine and confidence in their urban social and physical fabrics.
• Urban ontological security is about the confidence in ‘the constancy’ of the urban fabric to support the everyday routinized actions.
• Urban ontological security is a very important form of feeling safe in individuals’ everyday routine and confidence in the urban fabric on its social and physical entities.
• The attainment of a sense of urban security should be considered as a basic right of people in a reality of growing risks.