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TOKYO, JAPAN – Media
OutReach – 23 August 2021 – The Economist Intelligence
Unit (The EIU) today releases the fourth edition of the Safe Cities
Index (SCI). The index, which is the centre
piece of a research project sponsored by NEC Corporation, ranks 60 cities
worldwide across five continents. It measures the multifaceted nature of urban
safety, with 76 indicators organised along five pillars: personal, health,
infrastructure, digital, and – new this year – environmental security.
In
each of the last three iterations, Tokyo, Singapore and Osaka – always in that
order – have been our index leaders. This year Copenhagen comes first, with
82.4 points out of 100, and Toronto follows close behind with 82.2. This change
reflects not a tectonic shift but more a reordering among cities that have
always come close to the top. In all four editions of our index, six cities –
Amsterdam, Melbourne, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore and Sydney – have all figured
among the leading ten, with only a few points separating them.
Naka Kondo, senior editor of The EIU and editor of the SCI2021 report says:
“Covid-19 is
the first global pandemic to strike humanity since we became a predominantly
urban species. Experts have told us covid-19 has changed the whole concept of
urban safety. Digital security is now an even higher priority as more work and
commerce have moved online; those responsible for infrastructure safety have to
adjust to dramatic changes in travel patterns and where residents consume
utilities; agencies responsible for personal security need to address a large,
lockdown-driven shift in crime patterns; and the priority that urban residents
and officials assign to environmental security has risen markedly as covid-19
serves as a stark warning of unexpected crises.”
The
index framework has been subjected to an extensive reevaluation and has
undergone significant changes, including updates to existing indicators,
updates to scoring methodology, addition of new indicators under existing
domains and the addition of a new domain to the framework.
The
introduction of the new pillar for environmental security in this year’s index
reflects the increased importance of sustainability issues and climate
adaptation measures amid the pandemic. Toronto and Copenhagen performed
noticeably better in the new environmental security pillar than do any of the
top-three cities from earlier years. Interestingly, the index also shows that
leading middle-income cities do far better in this area than in any other
categories. In particular, three at this income level finish in the pillar’s
top ten: Bogota (4th); Rio de Janeiro (8th); and Kuala Lumpur (10th).
Overall
ranking SCI 2021
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Overall Ranking – Safe Cities Index 2021
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1
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Copenhagen
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21
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Madrid
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41
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Bogota
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2
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Toronto
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22
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Dallas
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42
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Mexico City
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3
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Singapore
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23
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Paris
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43
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Bangkok
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4
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Sydney
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24
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Taipei
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44
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Quito
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5
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Tokyo
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25
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Seoul
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45
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Ho Chi Minh City
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6
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Amsterdam
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26
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Brussels
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46
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Jakarta
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7
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Wellington
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27
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Milan
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47
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Johannesburg
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8
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Hong Kong
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28
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Lisbon
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48
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New Delhi
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8
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Melbourne
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29
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Rome
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49
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Riyadh
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10
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Stockholm
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30
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Shanghai
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50
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Mumbai
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11
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Barcelona
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31
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Abu Dhabi
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51
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Manila
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11
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New York
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32
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Kuala Lumpur
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52
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Baku
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13
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Frankfurt
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33
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Santiago
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53
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Kuwait city
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14
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Washington DC
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34
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Buenos Aires
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54
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Dhaka
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15
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London
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35
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Dubai
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55
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Casablanca
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15
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San Francisco
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36
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Beijing
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56
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Lagos
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17
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Osaka
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37
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Istanbul
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57
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Cairo
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18
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Los Angeles
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38
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Moscow
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58
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Caracas
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19
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Zurich
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39
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Rio de Janeiro
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59
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Karachi
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20
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Chicago
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40
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Sao Paulo
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60
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Yangon
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Very High
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High
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Medium
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Research
shows that the performance of different safety pillars correlates very closely
with each other, signifying that different kinds of safety are thoroughly
intertwined. The top performers in each pillar are as follows:
Digital
security: Sydney (1),
Singapore (2), Copenhagen (3), Los Angeles / San Francisco (4),
Health
security: Tokyo (1), Singapore
(2), Hong Kong (3), Melbourne (4), Osaka (5)
Infrastructure
security: Hong Kong (1), Singapore
(2), Copenhagen (3), Toronto (4), Tokyo (5)
Personal
security: Copenhagen (1),
Amsterdam (2), Frankfurt (3), Stockholm (4), Brussels (5)
Environmental
Security: Wellington
(1), Toronto (2), Washington DC (3), Bogota (4), Milan (5)
The Safe Cities Index reveals that
different global region have distinct strengths. In particular, well-off
Asia-Pacific cities tend to perform better on average when it comes to health
security and infrastructure security, while European cities on personal
security and North American cities on digital security.
Visit
safecities.economist.com for the full report, index and workbook
How safe is
your city? Benchmark your city to any of the 60 indexed cities with the “Urban safety benchmarking tool”
In conjunction with the release of the Safe Cities index, The
Economist Events will programme a 45 minute session
as part of NEC Visionary Week 2021. This session will include a presentation of the highlights of the Safe
Cities Summit Index results as well as a discussion with a high ranking
official from a municipal government and CTO of KMD to explore how city leaders
can develop a holistic approach to the development of safe cities for all. The presentation and panel discussion will be available
free to view here.
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