Which is the safest major city in the world?

[poshbakerloo]

Originally Posted by Matematik

That said, Londoners often talk about their city as being a bit of a crime infested dump.

It seems an irritating on going trend for English people so slag off all things English which half of what is 'awful and shit' aint all that bad.

[royal rose1]

I think it'd be Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, San Jose, Singapore, or Tokyo.

[calaguyo]

Singapore, hands down!

Davao is not a major city, but it is the safest city in South East Asia, much safer than Singapore and Tokyo. It has 0.8 cases of crime per 10,000 per month. Source.

[Federicoft]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

I think it'd be Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo.

Nope. Those cities have average violent crime rates compared to the rest of Europe.

[aaabbbccc]

Rabat Morocco is the safest major city in Morocco , the second largest metro region with a population of almost 3 million people has a low crime rate , it is a clean capital , very green city , walkable , good urban planing , and very low homicide rate . Is it one of the safest in the world ? I do not know but I do know it is a very safe city
Casablanca Morocco the economical capital with a metro area of 4 million people well it is a different story

[Mannesmann]

What about Tokyo? In terms of BIG CITY ( not Copenhagen or Stockholm which look like Tokyo's neighborhoods) I think it has the lowest crime rate in the world.

[the spliff fairy]

Originally Posted by Metro007

Theses cities are all global cities, that means that they have the character of a global city. Otherwise where exactly do you want to put the limit? The New York area for example has 10x more population than Brussels and Tokyo has almost 8x more population than Berlin...so would you exclude these 2 big cities from any comparaison about safety? Just a question?

No my point was the list only includes big cities from Asia and small cities from Europe etc. (global character or not, the amount of people are still the same whether theyre perpretrating crime or not). If it included small cities from Asia (and the rest of the world) the list would be dominated by them.

[the spliff fairy]

Cairo and many Middle Eastern cities have very low crime whether it be murder, burglary, pickpocketing or sex crimes- for Cairo especially given its mammoth urban size and large amount of poor (near 12 million slum dwellers), and famed 24 hr lifestyles. The national murder rate in Egypt is 0.5 per 100,000, in the capital it's even lower.

Islamic Cairo (one of the old cities) is one of the poorest urban areas in the world, and abnormally also one of the safest. Its said any crime perpetrated there would have witnesses due to the high density of the population - and also people would be able to find out quickly who the criminal was due to the strong community links where everyone knows each other. Plans for a major park to relieve the overcrowding has generated concerns that crime might actually rise if they built it.




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[the spliff fairy]

I think in terms of a rich, well educated country many cities deserve the title of safest city due to their low level of recorded crime rates. These tend to be small cities with good infrastructure, wealth and low income disparity.

In terms of truly metropolitan cities (over 3 million) I think Tokyo pips them due to the nature of its size, even more so considering it has a metro urban population of 39 million.

However Tokyo also happens to be the richest city in the world, with low income disparities (unlike say London or NYC), and thus crime would be lower anyway - albeit this shouldnt detract from its strengths in maintaining social culture and etiquette unique to the country, and the fact it's done a wonderful achievement in keeping income levels relatively equal anyway, especially in a capitalist society. So what about a capitalist city with a large amount of poverty and massive income inequality?

Thus a megacity of 19.5 million (17.3 million urban) such as Cairo, where an estimated 2/3 of the population lives in slums and near 50% of the urban area is 'informal housing' should take the cake imo. With murder rates lower than Tokyo or any European city, and crime rates very low or minimal.

[Mr Bricks]

Yeah there is nothing to fear in Singapore or Shanghai...except the government.

[Zaki]

Toronto's murder rate is only 1.59 per 100,000. Not the lowest in the world but I would say probably amongst the safest large major cities.

[megacity30]

Originally Posted by the spliff fairy

I think in terms of a rich, well educated country many cities deserve the title of safest city due to their low level of recorded crime rates. These tend to be small cities with good infrastructure, wealth and low income disparity.

In terms of truly metropolitan cities (over 3 million) I think Tokyo pips them due to the nature of its size, even more so considering it has a metro urban population of 39 million.

However Tokyo also happens to be the richest city in the world, with low income disparities (unlike say London or NYC), and thus crime would be lower anyway - albeit this shouldnt detract from its strengths in maintaining social culture and etiquette unique to the country, and the fact it's done a wonderful achievement in keeping income levels relatively equal anyway, especially in a capitalist society. So what about a capitalist city with a large amount of poverty and massive income inequality?

Thus a megacity of 19.5 million (17.3 million urban) such as Cairo, where an estimated 2/3 of the population lives in slums and near 50% of the urban area is 'informal housing' should take the cake imo. With murder rates lower than Tokyo or any European city, and crime rates very low or minimal.

What an extraordinarily perceptive post!

Only a globally well-traveled and open-minded person could write such a post.

Bravo, Spliff Fairy.

[Skyprince]

How about Dubai, Doha ? They are almost perfectly safe ( in terms of crime rate )

[hkskyline]

Muslim-dominated countries tend to be quite safe, as the consequences of even petty crime are quite dire. I felt no problems walking around in Cairo, although the sheer number of people and intensity of their urban interactions was quite overwhelming.

[Bruno Mars]

Every city has those mischievous kids no matter where you live.

[megacity30]

Originally Posted by Skyprince

How about Dubai, Doha ? They are almost perfectly safe ( in terms of crime rate )

Both Doha and Dubai have urban population less than 3 million people.

As per previous posts, this thread's for major cities containing more than 3 million people.

[aaabbbccc]

Originally Posted by hkskyline

Muslim-dominated countries tend to be quite safe, as the consequences of even petty crime are quite dire. I felt no problems walking around in Cairo, although the sheer number of people and intensity of their urban interactions was quite overwhelming.

very true and Rabat is no exception howerver , Casablanca does have a high crime problem , in fact people are protesting against the rising crime rate in Casablanca , compared to Cairo , it is a small city ( 4 million people in the metro region )

[castermaild55]

However Tokyo also happens to be the richest city in the world, with low income disparities (unlike say London or NYC), and thus crime would be lower anyway - albeit this shouldnt detract from its strengths in maintaining social culture and etiquette unique to the country, and the fact it's done a wonderful achievement in keeping income levels relatively equal anyway, especially in a capitalist society. So what about a capitalist city with a large amount of poverty and massive income inequality?

Most Japanese cities were safe from ancient whether poor or not...
murder? violence? out of question.
walking away with another's baggage, pickpocket、 tout　to sell imitation.. nothing to happen..
The lost wallet also returns with money

[mobus]

London? The safest major city in the world? :/

[Galro]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

I think it'd be Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo.

Originally Posted by Federicoft

Nope. Those cities have average violent crime rates compared to the rest of Europe.

Not to mention that neither are major cities in the global sense.