Copenhagen tops EIU’s Safe Cities Index 2021

Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, has been named as the world’s safest city from among 60 global cities, in Safe Cities Index 2021, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Copenhagen scored 82.4 points out of 100, to top the fourth edition of the EIU’s biennial index, which measures the level of urban safety. Yangon is at the bottom of the index, as least safe city, with a score of 39.5.

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From India:

New Delhi and Mumbai have found a place in the index. New Delhi is placed at 48th position with a score of 56.1, while Mumbai is at 50th place with a score of 54.4.

World’s top 10 Safest cities

• Copenhagen
• Toronto
• Singapore
• Sydney
• Tokyo
• Amsterdam
• Wellington
• Hong Kong
• Melbourne
• Stockholm

About the Safe Cities Index 2021:

• The EIU’s Safe Cities Index is a global, policy benchmarking tool developed to measure global urban safety. The Index was first released in 2015.
• In 2021, cities are ranked based on 76 indicators of security across five broad pillars, which are digital, health, infrastructure, personal and environmental.
• Environmental security is the new addition in the security parameters list for the year 2021.

Cities score on a scale of 0 to 100 where score denotes the safety in the following manner:

• 0-25 – Low Safety
• 25.1-50 – Medium Safety
• 50.1-75 – High Safety
• 75.1-100 – Very High Safety

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