The Economist safe cities list (pdf link) has been released and the results are pretty neat! There are some cities that you’d expect to be there and some surprise too!
The analysts looked at digital, health, and personal security of every city on the list plus the condition of the city’s infrastructure.
Is you city on the list?
3. Osaka
The Japanese city of 2.6 million ranks second in personal safety and sixth in health security. As with Tokyo, Osaka is relatively wealthy, and it ranks second for GDP per capita among upper-middle-income cities.
The city ranks lower in digital security than Tokyo, as it has fewer cybersecurity teams and privacy policies.
I noticed that when I read the long list several days ago that Copenhagen wasn’t even on it. I am familiar with it and it is a very liveable city. Maybe the Economist doesn’t want to consider cities in thriving social democracies. They couldn’t just have forgotten about it. Oslo and Helsinki weren’t on it either.