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Safest cities in the Mundevo index
Catalog ranked by safety index (0–100, higher = safer). Combines crime, civil stability, and street-level safety signals.
Why this list matters
Safety is a hard filter for families with kids, women travelling solo, and anyone moving from a high-trust home country. The composite captures crime levels, civil stability, and street-level safety perception — it's not the same as the homicide rate alone.
Read the score in bands: above 80 is excellent, 65-80 is solid, below 60 means specific neighborhoods matter more than the city average.
Ranked descending by safety index, a 0–100 composite of crime stats, civil-stability indicators, and street-level safety signals. Higher is safer.
| # | City | Safety | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | 88/100 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2 |  SingaporeSingapore | 88/100 | Singapore |
| 3 |  TaipeiTaiwan | 88/100 | Taiwan |
| 4 |  TokyoJapan | 85/100 | Japan |
| 5 |  ZurichSwitzerland | 85/100 | Switzerland |
| 6 |  TallinnEstonia | 82/100 | Estonia |
| 7 |  SeoulSouth Korea | 82/100 | South Korea |
| 8 |  Hong KongHong Kong | 82/100 | Hong Kong |
| 9 |  PortoPortugal | 80/100 | Portugal |
| 10 |  MunichGermany | 80/100 | Germany |
| 11 | OsakaJapan | 80/100 | Japan |
| 12 | LisbonPortugal | 78/100 | Portugal |
| 13 |  AmsterdamNetherlands | 78/100 | Netherlands |
| 14 |  ViennaAustria | 78/100 | Austria |
| 15 |  OsloNorway | 78/100 | Norway |
| 16 |  BudapestHungary | 78/100 | Hungary |
| 17 |  CopenhagenDenmark | 75/100 | Denmark |
| 18 |  WarsawPoland | 75/100 | Poland |
| 19 |  PragueCzech Republic | 72/100 | Czech Republic |
| 20 |  ValenciaSpain | 72/100 | Spain |
| 21 | MadridSpain | 70/100 | Spain |
| 22 |  StockholmSweden | 70/100 | Sweden |
| 23 |  MontrealCanada | 70/100 | Canada |
| 24 |  Tel AvivIsrael | 70/100 | Israel |
| 25 | BerlinGermany | 65/100 | Germany |
| 26 | HamburgGermany | 65/100 | Germany |
| 27 |  MelbourneAustralia | 65/100 | Australia |
| 28 |  EdinburghUnited Kingdom | 65/100 | United Kingdom |
| 29 | FrankfurtGermany | 65/100 | Germany |
| 30 | VancouverCanada | 65/100 | Canada |
| 31 | BrisbaneAustralia | 65/100 | Australia |
| 32 | SydneyAustralia | 62/100 | Australia |
| 33 | BarcelonaSpain | 60/100 | Spain |
| 34 | LondonUnited Kingdom | 60/100 | United Kingdom |
| 35 |  DublinIreland | 60/100 | Ireland |
| 36 |  Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam | 60/100 | Vietnam |
| 37 |  AustinUnited States | 60/100 | United States |
| 38 |  LyonFrance | 60/100 | France |
| 39 | RotterdamNetherlands | 60/100 | Netherlands |
| 40 | TorontoCanada | 58/100 | Canada |
| 41 |  AthensGreece | 58/100 | Greece |
| 42 |  Kuala LumpurMalaysia | 58/100 | Malaysia |
| 43 | New YorkUnited States | 55/100 | United States |
| 44 |  RomeItaly | 55/100 | Italy |
| 45 | MiamiUnited States | 55/100 | United States |
| 46 |  BangaloreIndia | 55/100 | India |
| 47 | SeattleUnited States | 55/100 | United States |
| 48 |  BangkokThailand | 52/100 | Thailand |
| 49 | ManchesterUnited Kingdom | 50/100 | United Kingdom |
| 50 | MilanItaly | 50/100 | Italy |
| 51 |  MedellinColombia | 50/100 | Colombia |
| 52 | ParisFrance | 48/100 | France |
| 53 | San FranciscoUnited States | 45/100 | United States |
| 54 | ChicagoUnited States | 45/100 | United States |
| 55 |  São PauloBrazil | 42/100 | Brazil |
| 56 |  Buenos AiresArgentina | 38/100 | Argentina |
| 57 |  Mexico CityMexico | 35/100 | Mexico |
The top three, in context
Dubai's safety score reflects an unusually low petty-crime environment driven by strong enforcement and an expat-heavy demographic. Civil-liberty considerations sit outside the safety axis but matter for some movers.
Singapore consistently tops global safety rankings — visible policing, strong civil institutions, low petty crime. The flip side is the surveillance footprint (CCTV density, strict drug laws); read this as a feature or a bug depending on your priors.
City-level scores hide huge neighborhood variation. New York's score (mid-50s) is dragged down by certain neighborhoods that no relocator would live in; Manhattan below 96th feels closer to a 70+. Always cross-check with neighborhood-specific data.
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