Personal safety and quality of living criteria can vary from person to person as much as place to place.
Research consulting firm Mercer has released its 2011 Quality of Living Report, which includes ranking of the cities according to the level of personal safety.
Mercer Quality of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings, 2011:
- 1 Vienna, Austria
2 Zurich, Switzerland
3 Auckland, New Zealand
4 Munich, Germany
5 Düsseldorf, Germany
5 Vancouver, Canada
7 Frankfurt, Germany
8 Geneva, Switzerland
9 Bern, Switzerland
9 Copenhagen, Denmark
11 Sydney, Australia
12 Amsterdam, Netherlands
13 Wellington, New Zealand
14 Ottawa, Canada
15 Toronto, Canada
16 Hambrg, Germany
17 Berlin, Germany
18 Melbourne, Australia
19 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
20 Stockholm, Sweden
21 Perth, Australia
22 Brussels, Belgium
22 Montreal, Canada
24 Nurnberg, Germany
25 Singapore, Singapore
26 Canberra, Australia
26 Dublin, Ireland
28 Stuttgart, Germany
29 Honolulu, HI, United States
30 Adelaide, Australia
30 Paris, France
30 San Francisco, CA, United States
33 Calgary, Canada
33 Oslo, Norway
35 Helsinki, Finland
36 Boston, MA, United States
37 Brisbane, Australia
38 London, United Kingdom
39 Lyon, France
40 Barcelona, Spain
41 Lisbon, Portugal
42 Milan, Italy
43 Chicago, IL, United States
43 Madrid, Spain
43 Washington, DC, United States
46 Tokyo, Japan
47 New York City, NY, United States
48 Seattle, WA, United States
49 Kobe, Japan
49 Pittsburgh, PA, United States
49 Yokohama, Japan
Personal Safety Ranking, 2011*
- 1 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2 Bern, Switzerland
2 Helsinki, Finland
2 Zurich, Switzerland
5 Vienna, Austria
6 Geneva, Switzerland
6 Stockholm, Sweden
8 Singapore, Singapore
9 Auckland, New Zealand
9 Wellington, New Zealand
11 Copenhagen, Denmark
11 Düsseldorf, Germany
11 Frankfurt, Germany
11 Munich, Germany
11 Nurnberg, Germany
16 Dublin, Ireland
17 Amsterdam, Netherlands
17 Calgary, Canada
17 Montreal, Canada
17 Ottawa, Canada
17 Toronto, Canada
17 Vancouver, Canada
23 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
24 Oslo, Norway
25 Canberra, Australia
25 Melbourne, Australia
25 Perth, Australia
25 Sydney, Australia
29 Muscat, Oman
30 Ljubljana, Slovenia
31 Kobe, Japan
31 Nagoya, Japan
31 Osaka, Japan
31 Tokyo, Japan
31 Yokohama, Japan
36 Berlin, Germany
36 Hamburg, Germany
36 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
39 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
40 Brussels, Belgium
40 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
42 Leipzig, Germany
42 Stuttgart, Germany
44 Aberdeen, United Kingdom
44 Glasgow, United Kingdom
46 Limassol, Cyprus
47 Lisbon, Portugal
47 Prague, Czech Republic
49 Bratislava, Slovakia
50 Adelaide, Australia
50 Brisbane, Australia
*Mercer’s Personal Safety Ranking 2011 is based on measures of internal stability, crime levels, law enforcement effectiveness and host country international relations.
Although many people would suggest there are many other cities that may make the list, Forbes considers the following to be the 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the World:
- 1. Baghdad, Iraq
2. N’Djamena, Chad
3. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
4. Bangui, Central African Republic
5. Kinshasa, Democratic Rep. of the Congo
6. Karachi, Pakistan
7. Tbilisi, Georgia
8. Sana’a, Yemen
9. Nairobi, Kenya
10. Conakry, Guinea Republic
Orlando, FL [Score: 93.2]