![]() ![]() “In general, while the Safe Cities Index measures relative rather than absolute safety, there does not appear to have been a vast improvement in overall levels of safety since 2015. In the developing world, Kuala Lumpur ranked 29 was the only city that managed to make it into the top half of the list. in the overall index while Shanghai took the 34th position. Looking at China, the country’s capital Beijing was ranked 32nd. Yangon (46.47) took the 59th spot, just behind Dhaka (47.37), Jakarta (53.39), and Ho Chi Minh City (54.33) to complete the bottom five. (Photo Source: Safe Cities Index 2017 report) Mumbai was ranked third in the cities hit worst and most frequently with terrorist attacks behind Istanbul and Karachi. “ This is a reflection of a number of factors, but the main reason is that among the cities in the index, it (Karachi) experiences by far the most frequent and most severe terrorist attacks,” the report said. Karachi also fared worse in terms of personal security. The city which grabbed the bottom spot was Karachi (38.77 ), a major city in neighbouring Pakistan. In the overall ranking, Tokyo was ranked the safest city with a score of 89.8 on a 100 point index. In the latest report, 10 new cities were added. This is the second such report brought out by The Economist Intelligence Unit, the first was released in 2015. The report, released in October, ranks 60 cities across the globe on 49 indicators which include digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security. ![]() (Source: Indian Express)ĭelhi and Mumbai have been ranked 43 and 45 in the Safe Cities Index 2017, a detailed study by The Economist on urban safety. The two cities were ranked 43 and 45 in the Safe Cities Index 2017. ![]()
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