Tokyo safest city in the world, according to 2015 index

It is the world’s most populous city, yet Tokyo in Japan is also the safest, according to the Safe Cities Index 2015 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The least safe among 50 countries surveyed? Jakarta in Indonesia, even below Tehran in Iran. Two other rich cities, Singapore and Osaka (also in Japan) followed Tokyo on the list. “Safety is closely linked to wealth and economic development,” the report says. “Unsurprisingly, a division emerges in the Index between cities in developed markets, which tend to fall into the top half of the overall list, and cities in developing markets, which appear in the bottom half.” The cities were chosen for the survey based on factors such as regional representation and availability of data.

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