The Economist has released the Safe City Index 2017 in which 60 cities were accessed.
- India's Delhi is at 43rd rank while Mumbai secured 45th rank in the index.
- The first five spots were secured by Tokyo, Singapore, Osaka, Toronto and Melbourne.
- The bottom five cities are: Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Dhaka, Yagon.
- Karachi is at the last place i.e. 60.
- The Safe Cities Index 2017 is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by NEC.
- The report is based on the second iteration of the index, which ranks 60 cities across 49 indicators covering digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security.
- Safe Cities Index measures relative rather than absolute safety
