Glossary · Indices and scores

Safety index

A 0–100 score capturing crime levels and perceived personal safety in a city. Higher = safer.

Mundevo's safety index combines reported crime statistics with survey-based perceived safety into a single 0-100 score, where 100 is the safest. It's a composite indicator — useful for ranking cities relative to each other, but not a substitute for checking neighborhood-level data once you've shortlisted.

Read it in bands: above 75 is excellent, 60-75 is good, 45-60 is mixed, below 45 means at least one crime category is materially elevated. Cities with high safety indices tend to also score well on healthcare and quality of life — the underlying institutional strength shows up across multiple axes.

Personal safety risk varies enormously by neighborhood, time of day, demographics and behavior. Use the city-level safety index to filter your shortlist, then check expat forums and a local resident for the streets you'd actually live on.

Where Mundevo uses this

Methodology — /methodology

Related terms

Composite score

The Mundevo overall score for a city, on a 0–10 scale, blending affordability, quality of life, remote-work fit and healthcare.

Healthcare index

A 0–100 score capturing the quality and accessibility of a city's healthcare system. Higher = better.

Air quality index

A 0–100 score capturing annual average air-pollution levels. Higher = cleaner air.

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