During a time when crime rates in the US – particularly violent crime – are steadily creeping higher once again after declining for roughly a quarter-century, readers may wonder: What are the safest cities in the world?
Well, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that few of them are in the US. In fact, when it comes to urban security the Asia-Pacific region is the world leader. In the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest ranking of the world’s safest cities, Tokyo has once again taken the top spot. Singapore and Osaka (Japan’s second-largest city), came in at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
Amsterdam came in at No. 4, making it the safest city in Europe. Notably, the Dutch capital confines most non-violent crime to its infamous red-light districts, havens for prostitution and drugs.
Sydney, Australia’s second-largest city, took the No. 5 spot, followed by Toronto, Canada’s largest city and the safest city in North America.
Making a “surprise” appearance in the top 10 for the first time, US capital Washington DC took the No. 7 spot, making it by and away the safest US city. This marks a massive stride for Washington DC, which was once riddled with AIDS and other signs of urban decay.
Copenhagen, Seoul and Melbourne round out the top 10.
Source: Bloomberg
Ranking 60 cities on five continents, the index takes into account factors including digital, health, infrastructure and personal security as components of overall urban safety.
The cities that led the index offer easy access to high-quality health-care, strong cybersecurity and community-based policing, according to Bloomberg.
As one analyst noted, wealth is an important factor in determining safety, though it’s not the only factor.
“Overall, while wealth is among the most important determinants of safety, the levels of transparency – and governance – correlate as closely as income with index scores,” said Naka Kondo, the editor of the latest Safe Cities report. “The research also highlights how different types of safety are thoroughly intertwined – that it is rare to find a city with very good results in one safety pillar and lagging in others.”
While AsiaPac is home to many of the world’s safest cities and countries, there are also many low-scoring cities. These include Myanmar’s Yangon, Pakistan’s Karachi, Bangladesh’s Dhaka and India’s New Delhi. All four of these cities ranked in the bottom ten.
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The survey is patently RAYCISS.
Baltimore, Detroit, and Camden did not even get a mention.
Hmmm, the more “vibrant and diverse” the population, the more dangerous it is, anywhere. And the more “vanilla and butterscotch” the population, the safer. Who woulda thunk??? Man, it’s like you can learn sumthin new everaday, wowsa!!
I read this on ZH….and didn’t belive it then. DC is not only dangerous, it’s corrupt (obviously) and overrun with Middle Eastern foreigners.
Yeah that’s weird how DC made the list.
Consider this: 7 of the 9 richest counties in this country ring washington dc. These fucks do real good while doing ‘public service’. They pushed out all the rabble.
It’s not possible if they’ve ever stepped foot in there. NE alone would bump it down 50 slots, LOL.
So whites and asians. No surprise.
It has been a while since I have been in D.C. but from what I have heard, it is “gentrifying” quickly and just like the sun rising in the east, as blacks move out and middle class whites move it, things improve drastically. We already know the opposite is true (see: Detroit).
Hmmmm…..Safe cities seem to be those with few Africans….amazing!
The idea that DC is safer than DesMoines is a laugh riot.
Weird how DC is so dangerous for anyone in the Clinton orbit?
I note the source is Bloomberg. Does anyone really believe they state the statistics truthfully ? Additionally, prostitution is legal in Amsterdam and therefore it isn’t a crime. MJ use is decriminalized in Amsterdam as well so it using it is not a crime. What a crap article this is. While I can believe homogeneous Japan has low crime in Tokyo and Osaka, they do have their version of the mafia called the Yakuza. Singapore has very strict laws and very harsh punishment for breaking those laws. Again, Singapore has a mostly homogeneous population which contributes to the low crime rate.
I agree with many posters here, that if you remove the statistics on crime by black and hispanic gangs, the rate of crime would be as low as many cities in this list. However, the marxist want the blacks and hispanics to continue their acts of criminality. It justifies giving the government more power.
With Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York all ranking pretty “safe” I am starting to think the overall methodology is deeply flawed…
Safe for whom?
“Ranking 60 cities on five continents, the index takes into account factors including digital, health, infrastructure and personal security as components of overall urban safety.”
this is the $ shot that explains the ranking of dc —
between pushing out the poor into the suburbs & putting those other items on a par w/security you can minimize the crime stats–
i always ask people who minimize crime stats or bad neighborhoods if i can drop them off there on sat night at 11 pm and pick them up at the other end of the neighborhood an hour later–
for some reason i’ve never had anyone take me up on it–