New York is recognized as the safest major city in the United States
'20.09.2021'
Nurgul Sultanova-Chetin
Safety has long been a paramount consideration for travelers when it comes to choosing a place to visit. But in recent years, the world has been turned upside down due to the global pandemic. The idea of what exactly makes a place “safe” has broadened considerably. CNN.
This may help explain the shake-up at the top Safe Cities Index (SCI) Economist Intelligence Unit, which evaluates 60 international trends in digital, environmental and personal safety, health safety and safe infrastructure.
Asian cities such as Tokyo, Singapore and Osaka have consistently ranked at the top from year to year. However, now Europe has taken over the championship. Copenhagen (Denmark) was named the safest city in the world for the first time. The city scored 82,4 points out of 100 possible.
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Canadian Toronto took second place with 82,2 points. While Singapore came in third with 80,7 points. Next come Sydney (80,1 points) and Tokyo (80 points).
New York is the safest city in the USA
New York is ranked highest among American cities. It tied for 11th place in the overall list with Spanish Barcelona (both cities received 77,8 points).
In terms of infrastructure security, the Big Apple also took 11th place, gaining 84,4 points. Digital security in New York scored 81,6 points, giving it 6th place.
New York City was ranked 14th in the COVID-19 and Sanitary and Epidemiological Safety category with 75,2 points.
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In the personal safety category, New York City scored 66,9 points, ranking 27th in the world. Environmental safety in New York put him in 11th place, which he shared with Amsterdam.
Where are other US cities listed
Washington, DC was ranked 14th in the overall ranking of the safest cities in the world. San Francisco tied for 15th place with London (UK).
At the other end of the list are Lagos (Nigeria), Cairo (Egypt), Caracas (Venezuela), Karachi (Pakistan) and Yangon (Myanmar).
