Which is the safest major city in the world?

[the spliff fairy]

Originally Posted by vladanng

Belgrade, maybe its isnt major city in europe and world, but crime is really really low, for city of 1,7 milion, i mean killings are so rare, there are no danger areas like in other big cities, actually whole Balkan and biggest cities here, are pretty safe except maybe Athens and Istanbul, other cities like: Bucharest, Belgrade, Sofia, Zagreb, Budapest... are very very safe its because we dont have much imigrants and that stuff. But again these arent very important cities for world, but if look in Europe i cant tell other big cities safe as these named

Immigrants don't make a city crime-ridden, it's lack of a social net for the poor (immigrant or not), or large scale inequality between the classes that seems to give a city a higher crime rate. Look at Stockholm (27% immigrant population) or Zurich (30 %), Antwerp, The Hague etc where its nearing 50% and crime is very low still. What correlates crime more than anything is by class, not race, and good social safety nets.

In London where there is the opportunity to have immigrants from every level in society, poor, middle class and rich, it shows that crime still follows the age old rule of class not race, its your (lack of) money and opportunities that is more of a deciding factor for immigrant or native alike. As someone mentioned, the world's most multicultural cities, such as Toronto, Dubai, Doha etc (55-85 percent immigrants) also have some of the lowest crime rates on their continent, and even though many of their new arrivals are poor.

[Baleares]

Lol everytime i read the name Belgrade i remenber of Civilizations V lol

Extremely beautiful city indeed.

[vladanng]

Originally Posted by Baleares

Lol everytime i read the name Belgrade i remenber of Civilizations V lol

Extremely beautiful city indeed.

wtf? Belgrade is in civ5??? my favourite game of all time was civ3, and i also played civ4, but not civ5, in which empire Belgrade is? and i always dreamed that Belgrade would appear in civilization games!
u made my day better with this information

[Baleares]

Originally Posted by vladanng

wtf? Belgrade is in civ5??? my favourite game of all time was civ3, and i also played civ4, but not civ5, in which empire Belgrade is? and i always dreamed that Belgrade would appear in civilization games!
u made my day better with this information

Lol Belgrade is a City State in Civ5:

http://www.ccc-ccc.ca/tmp/temp_2011/civ5/turkey_011.jpg


Also are Rio de Janeiro, Seoul, Vienna, Capetown and others... You can't play with their civilizations but you can add those cities to your civilizations.

End of Offtopic

[LuisClaudio]

Recife,Brazil.

[oliver999]

in 2006, japan is the lowest murder rate country , 1.1 per 0.1 million population. while china is 1.63 per 0.1million population. jiangsu province(my province) 0.98 ,that's quite low.

[The Chemist]

I'd say of cities with populations greater than 20 million, Shanghai must be one of the safest in the world. I've never felt unsafe being outside after dark here, in any part of hte city. Pretty much the only crime that seems to happen here is petty stuff like scams and pickpocketing, but if you're aware of that you can avoid it very easily.

[FAAN]

The five largest cities of Brazil in the urban area are:

1. Sao Paulo: 1.550 km ²



2. Brasilia: 700 km ² (sources include nearby cities, called satellite cities in the Brazilian Federal District, which would result in 5,800 km ²).





3. Rio de Janeiro: 560 km ²



4. Curitiba: 320 km ²



5. Belo Horizonte: 290 km ²

image hosted on flickr

[Moncaltor]

Toronto is probably the safest on the American continent . At least it is the safest among the great cities of Canada.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/04/t...%80%94by-rank/

[briker]

Id think Seoul. Its so safe, its almost boring!

[VECTROTALENZIS]

Northeast asia is the safest continent on earth because the population is civilized and non-violent.

[isaidso]

Any major Japanese city.

[Wildfire-KRR]

I've recalled a fact about a Russian city of Elista which is situated in Southern Russia and is completely different from other Russian cities as it has numerous Buddhist temples.

There's a big chess board on the central square where everyone can play chess without cost - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Shaxmaty2.jpg

And the funny (or maybe actually sad) thing is that most Russians visiting Elista find it very strange that nobody has stolen or broken the pieces.

I haven't studied actual figures on crime rate in Russia (they are not trustworthy and can be lowered by local authorities), but this city seems to be somewhat safer compared to other Russian cities (but still unsafe by Western standards).

[shree711]

I think that Hong Kong is the world's safest major city. Maybe Tokyo and Singapore are very safe too.

Singapore has capital punishment though. If some douchebag sneaks some drugs in your bag. You are screwed.

[onosqaciw]

east asia major city is generally safer than most big cities in the world..

[shree711]

Originally Posted by onosqaciw

east asia major city is generally safer than most big cities in the world..

Yes that does seem to be the trend doesn't it?

[skyscraper 007]

in terms of a major city i would definitely say singapore or sydney(maybe) but in terms of a town or small city i would say monte carlo

[musiccity]

I would say US cities are some of the safest. I live here and I'm rarely a victim of crime.

[shree711]

Originally Posted by musiccity

I would say US cities are some of the safest. I live here and I'm rarely a victim of crime.

Get outta here . By the way, you say rarely. I've NEVER been a victim of crime in Hong Kong.

[musiccity]

Well my house has been robbed twice, my car broken into once. So only 3 incidents.

But I also lived in a relatively high crime area when these incidents happened. I feel very safe in most places in the US. Crime is very concentrated.