The country’s largest city, Davao City improves its ranking in the world’s safest city list, according to the latest data released by crowd-sourcing survey site Numbeo.com. Davao City is now considered as the fifth safest city in the world improving the city’s ninth-place ranking last month.
According to the list of the world’s safest city, Davao City has a crime index of 18.18 and a safety index of 81.82. During the last few months rankings, Davao City’s crime index was recorded at 19.31 and safety index of 80.69.
If Davao City’s crime index will be compared to the Philippines as a whole, the country’s crime index is at 43.11 and a safety index of 56.89 according to Numbeo.
Topping the list of the world’s safest city is Osaka, Japan with a safety index of 84.47, followed by Seoul, South Korea (83.42) and Singapore (83.36).
The City of Davao is now safer than Espoo, Finland (81.16 safety index); Bergen, Norway (80.98); Heidelberg, Germany (80.78); Coimbra, Portugal (80.68); and Stuggart, Germany (80.53).
According to Numbeo.com, whose data have been cited by some of the world’s major news organization, they utilized user-generated data on cities and countries worldwide. The website features rankings of cities in topics such as health care, cost of living, and quality of life.
wow !!! very impressive to read that nice places like Davao still exist in this world so full of crime and corruption
That says a lot about your culture , i will be visiting Davao this coming july.
congratulations and my respect top the people of davao