Safe Cities Index 2021

Wow, scrolljack much?

As for the list itself, this uses a very... odd definition of safe. Their Urban Safety Benchmarking Tool asks:

> Does the city have smart city plan that explicitly focuses on the cybersecurity of the smart city

> What percentage of the city's population has access to the internet

> How many doctors (per 1,000 population) does the city have

> What is the average life expectancy of the population in the city

> What covid-19 mortality rate (per 10,000 population) in the city

> Does the city have a disaster emergency management/city business community plan in place and, if so, how adaptive and effective is it

> Is disaster risk included and accounted for in active state-or-city-level urban planning and design

> What percentage of GDP is spent on social assistance programs

> How prevalent is violent crime in the city

> Does the city masterplan outline specific measures for sustainable growth of the urban centre

> What is the average annual concentration of PM 2.5

> What is the percentage of tree cover within the city

Of which, 1, maybe 2, factors into most people's definition of a safe city.