Chiang Mai Ranked No.1 For The Safest City In Southeast Asia

(CTN News) – Thailand’s northern city of Chiang Mai is the safest in Southeast Asia and 31st in the world, according to a recent study.

The findings were published in the largest global crowdsourced database recording this information, Number’s City 2023 Crime Index and Safety Index.

With a safety score of 75.5 and a crime index of 24.5, Chiang Mai was ranked as the safest city in Southeast Asia.

The Crime Index shows the level of crime in a given city, while the Safety Index estimates how safe it is to walk alone both during the day and at night.

With a crime index of 11.2 and a safety rating of 88.8, Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, has been named the safest city in the world. Caracas, Venezuela was ranked as the least safe city with a safety rating of 16.4 and a crime index of 83.6.

The seventh city in Southeast Asia, Bangkok has a safety score of 59.5 and a crime index of 40.5.

Although the score is lower than Chiang Mai, it shows the government’s efforts to reduce crime, improve residents’ lives and inspire international tourists’ confidence.

The government organizations responsible for ensuring security across the country were praised by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

He praised their efforts to fight crime, improve people’s lives and boost foreigners’ confidence.

Three notable safe cities are Quebec City, the safest in North America and sixth overall; Taiwan ranks third and first in Asia; and San Sebastian, Spain, ranks eighth in the world and is the safest city in Europe. The 26th safest American city is Irvine, a suburb of Los Angeles.

At the other end of the scale, South Africa has the distinction of having two of the three worst cities, with Pretoria in second and Durban in third.

Preston in the UK is fourth from the bottom, just ahead of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, where cannibalism is still practiced.

Baltimore is the worst city in the US at 405, ahead of Memphis, Tennessee at 403, and Detroit, often cited as an example of a runaway, dangerous metropolis, at 402.

A crowdsourced database called Numbeo offers data on housing, crime, health, transit, cost of living, and other topics.

Known for its thorough statistics, the site is used internationally to rate living standards in different places.

The top 50 safest cities worldwide:

Rank – City – Security Index

1 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 88.4
2 Doha, Qatar 85.6
3 Taipei, Taiwan (China) 85.0
4 Ajman, United Arab Emirates 84.6
5 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 84.3
6 Quebec City, Canada 83.8
7 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 83.6
8 San Sebastian, Spain 83.1
9 Berne, Switzerland 82.0
10 Munich, Germany 81.2
11 Trondheim, Norway 80.9
12 Zurich, Switzerland 80.8
13 Eskisehir, Turkey 80.8
14 Muscat, Oman 80.1
15 Tartu, Estonia 79.0
16 The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands 78.6
17 Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 78.6
18 Basel, Switzerland 78.4
19 Yerevan, Armenia 78.4
20 Ljubljana, Slovenia 78.3
21 Groningen, Netherlands 77.9
22 Zagreb, Croatia 77.6
23 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 77.5
24 Tampere, Finland 77.5
25 Eindhoven, Netherlands 77.2
26 Irvine, CA, United States 77.1
27 Stavanger, Norway 76.7
28 Coquitlam, Canada 76.7
29 Reykjavik, Iceland 76.1
30 Tallinn, Estonia 75.9
31 Chiang Mai, Thailand 75.9
32 Tokyo, Japan 75.7
33 Timisoara, Romania 75.6
34 Prague, Czech Republic 75.4
35 Seoul, South Korea 75.3
36 Helsinki, Finland 75.2
37 Aalborg, Denmark 75.2
38 Rijeka, Croatia 74.5
39 Oakville, Canada 74.4
40 Canberra, Australia 74.4
41 Bergen, Norway 74.3
42 Krakow (Cracow), Poland 74.3
43 Tbilisi, Georgia 74.2
44 Graz, Austria 74.1
45 Warsaw, Poland 74.0
46 Mangalore, India 73.9
47 Brno, Czech Republic 73.9
48 Wroclaw, Poland 73.8
49 Lausanne, Switzerland 73.8
50 Utrecht, Netherlands 73.8