author: Tyler Durden
Doha takes place as the safest large city in the planet in 2026, while Caracas occupies the other place in the ranking.
This artwork, created by Dorothy Neufeld of Visual Capitalist, compares the safest and least safe large cities in the planet based on Safety Index Numbeo 2026. The evaluations are based on 5 years of user reports covering the perception of crime, individual security, property offences and violent crime. They do not measurement authoritative crime rates or vulnerability to geopolitical conflicts.
Cities with the highest level of safety
Here are the top 10 listed large cities with a population of 2 million or more.
| Grade | The Safest Cities | Country | Overall score (0-10) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇶🇦 Doha | Qatar | 84.6 |
| 2 | 🇦🇪 Dubai | UAE | 83.8 |
| 3 | 🇹🇼 Taipei | Taiwan | 83.4 |
| 4 | 🇭🇰 SAR Region Hong Kong | China | 78.2 |
| 5 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 76.7 |
| 6 | 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 75.9 |
| 7 | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen | China | 75.5 |
| 8 | 🇸🇦 Riyad | Saudi Arabia | 75.4 |
| 9 | 🇸🇦 Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 75.1 |
| 10 | 🇰🇷 Seoul | South Korea | 74.6 |
Four of the 10 largest cities are located in the mediate East, including 2 in Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and Jeddah.
Latest Global safety Report Gallup confirms this pattern. Singapore had the highest percent of adults in the planet who declared to feel safe walking alone at 98%, then Saudi Arabia with 93% and UAE with 90%.
Asia dominates the remainder of the top ten. Outside the mediate East, each city represented is in East Asia or Southeast Asia, while European cities are clearly absent, even though they run regularly on global quality of life rankings.
Cities with the lowest perceived level of safety
At the other end of the index 10 cities with the lowest rating are concentrated in only 2 regions.
| Grade | The Least Safe Cities | Country | Overall score (0-10) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇻🇪 Caracas | Venezuela | 18.5 |
| 2 | 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 19.2 |
| 3 | 🇿🇦 Durban | South Africa | 19.5 |
| 4 | 🇧🇷 El Salvador | Brazil | 23.5 |
| 5 | 🇧🇷 Fortaleza | Brazil | 24.1 |
| 6 | 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 24.6 |
| 7 | Recife | Brazil | 25.0 |
| 8 | 🇪🇨 Guayaquil | Ecuador | 25.3 |
| 9 | Cape Town | South Africa | 26.4 |
| 10 | 🇨🇴 Cali | Colombia | 29.1 |
At the bottom of the ranking is highly concentrated countries. Brazil is 4 of 10 cities, while South Africa is three, including Johannesburg and Durban. South Africa besides has 1 of highest homicide rates In the world.
Gallup data shows a akin geographical pattern. Of the 10 countries where people felt the least safe walking alone at night, 9 were located in Sub-Saharan Africa or Latin America. South Africa took the lowest place in the world, only 33% of adults declared that they felt safe walking alone at night.
The low position of Guayaquil besides appears during a violent increase in violence. The state of Guayas, in which the city is located, recorded 4 106 killings in 2025, which is the highest score of all Ecuadorian provinces and an increase of 26.5% compared to 2024. .
To learn more about this, see the graphics depicting America's most dangerous cities.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolistic
