Here is EIU’s Safe Cities Index 2019:
1. Tokyo
2. Singapore
3. Osaka
4. Amsterdam
5. Sydney
6. Toronto
7. Washington, DC
8. Copenhagen
9. Seoul
10. Melbourne
Six of the world’s safest cities are in Asia Pacific, according to an index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released on Thursday.
The third edition of the Safe Cities Index saw Tokyo taking the top spot out of 60 cities for the third consecutive time. Singapore was ranked second, followed by Osaka (3rd), Sydney (5th), Seoul (tied for 8th) and Melbourne (10th).
Cities were ranked according to their performance in 57 indicators across four pillars — digital, infrastructure, health and personal security.
Singapore topped the cities for infrastructure and personal security, while Tokyo recorded the strongest performance in the digital security category.
“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 EIU senior editor Naka Kondo, editor of this year's report on the Safe Cities Index.
“Although APAC cities such as Tokyo, Singapore and Osaka continue to rank within the top three cities in the Index, the region also hosts some of the lowest-scoring cities in the world, with Yangon, Karachi and Dhaka close to the bottom of the list,” said Ms Kondo.
She added that while cities in Asia Pacific perform well in the health security, infrastructure security and personal security categories, North American cities generally fare better in digital security, accounting for seven of the top 10 cities in this category.