(TAN): Copenhagen has come out on top scoring 82.4 points out of 100 in this year’s Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index.
The index covers 60 major cities around the world and with 76 indicators related to different aspects of urban safety. These are grouped into five overall pillars: personal, health, infrastructure, digital, and — new this year — environmental security.
The newly added environmental category is an important factor behind Copenhagen jumping from it’s previous 8th place in 2019. Copenhagen also did especially well in the personal security category.
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“Everyone should feel safe in Copenhagen, whether child or senior, male or female, LGBTI+ or part of any other minority. That is why we work continuously to improve safety for our citizens.” said Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor Lars Weiss in the Safe Cities Index report.
The top of the table changes dramatically — with Copenhagen first overall and Toronto second — but the “first division” remains largely the same, the Economist said.
“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,” the Economist said.
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In all four editions of the index, six cities — Amsterdam, Melbourne, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore and Sydney — have all figured among the top 10, with only a few points separating them. Copenhagen likely would be in this group as well, but has been included since only 2019, when it tied for 8th place.
