Copenhagen Ranks Highest in the Safe Cities Index 2021
A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that Copenhagen is now the world’s safest city, surpassing previous frontrunners Tokyo, Singapore, and Osaka. First launched in 2015, the Safe Cities Index is updated once every two years to reveal which cities are the safest based on new criteria. This year, it covers 60 major urban areas and consists of 76 indicators under 5 main categories: digital security, health security, infrastructure security, personal security, and environmental security. Naturally, the index’s framework has been updated to reflect the impact of the pandemic. In addition to this, it is the first time that the EIU includes environmental security in the index. To reiterate, the Danish capital has surpassed former frontrunners Tokyo, Singapore, and Osaka. In each of the three previous publications, these three cities have been the index’s leaders. Now, Copenhagen ranks highest with 82.4 points out of 100. The Danish city is followed closely by Toronto, which has earned 82.2 points. According to the 2021 report, these two cities have done noticeably better in the new environmental security pillar than any of the three previous leaders. Nevertheless, it must be noted that they still rank high in this year's index. Mayor of Copenhagen Lars Weiss explained that the capital’s crime rate is the lowest it has been in more than a decade. In addition to this, there is great social cohesion and a relatively narrow wealth gap. Discussing this, Weiss noted: “Copenhagen is a mixed city where both the cleaning assistant and the CEO meet each other at the local supermarket and have their kids in the same school.”
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