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Lowest Crime

Leave your bike outside. It'll be fine.

Low crime, strong rule of law, and the luxury of not thinking about personal safety. Authoritarian regimes with impressive crime stats are shown the door.

106 cities ranked by collection score

We exclude authoritarian regimes. Dubai looks great on paper, but "safe" means something different when the state itself is the thing you might need safety from.

How we rank

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60% homicide rate (UNODC) + 40% democratic governance (EIU). Authoritarian states (index < 4) excluded — a surveillance state with low street crime is not "safe" for a settler.

Sources: Numbeo · UNODC · EIU · OECD PISA · Ookla · EF EPI · World Bank

★🇨🇭
ZurichSwitzerland
🌊 Lake🌡 23°C🌙 DEADrent $3006/mo0.5 crime213 Mbps
→2🇯🇵
TokyoJapan
🌊 Ocean🌡 28°C🌙 WILDrent $1359/mo0.2 crime53 Mbps
→3🇨🇭
BaselSwitzerland
🌡 26°Crent $2060/mo0.6 crime
→4🇨🇭
BernSwitzerland
🌡 24°Crent $1960/mo0.6 crime
→5🇨🇭
GenevaSwitzerland
🌊 Lake🌡 26°Crent $2887/mo0.6 crime122 Mbps
→6🇹🇼
TaipeiTaiwan
🌡 32°Crent $735/mo0.6 crime142 Mbps
→7🇳🇱
AmsterdamNetherlands
🌊 Sea🌡 20°C🌙 WILDrent $2602/mo0.7 crime122 Mbps
→8🇳🇱
RotterdamNetherlands
🌊 Sea🌡 21°C🌙 OKrent $1805/mo0.7 crime141 Mbps
→9🇳🇱
The HagueNetherlands
🌊 Sea🌡 20°C🌙 DEADrent $1548/mo0.7 crime99 Mbps
→10🇮🇪
DublinIreland
🌊 Ocean🌡 18°C🌙 OKrent $2522/mo0.9 crime91 Mbps
→11🇦🇺
Gold CoastAustralia
🌊 Ocean🌡 28°Crent $2267/mo0.8 crime
→12🇦🇺
PerthAustralia
🌊 Ocean🌡 29°Crent $1821/mo0.8 crime
→13🇦🇺
SydneyAustralia
🌊 Ocean🌡 26°Crent $2506/mo0.8 crime114 Mbps
→14🇩🇪
MunichGermany
🌡 22°C🌙 OKrent $1678/mo0.9 crime92 Mbps
→15🇩🇰
CopenhagenDenmark
🌊 Sea🌡 20°C🌙 OKrent $1970/mo1.0 crime245 Mbps
→16🇪🇸
BarcelonaSpain
🌊 Sea🌡 27°C🌙 WILDrent $1712/mo0.6 crime84 Mbps
→17🇪🇸
MadridSpain
🌡 31°C🌙 WILDrent $1498/mo0.6 crime94 Mbps
→18🇪🇸
MalagaSpain
🌊 Sea🌡 29°Crent $1392/mo0.6 crime
→19🇪🇸
SevilleSpain
🌡 34°Crent $980/mo0.6 crime
→20🇰🇷
SeoulSouth Korea
🌡 28°C🌙 OKrent $871/mo0.5 crime182 Mbps
→21🇵🇱
KrakowPoland
🌡 23°C🌙 OKrent $976/mo0.4 crime88 Mbps
→22🇪🇸
BilbaoSpain
🌊 Sea🌡 25°Crent $1259/mo0.7 crime
→23🇪🇸
ValenciaSpain
🌊 Sea🌡 29°C🌙 OKrent $1429/mo0.7 crime99 Mbps
→24🇮🇹
BolognaItaly
🌡 31°Crent $1130/mo0.6 crime
→25🇮🇹
FlorenceItaly
🌡 30°C🌙 OKrent $1316/mo0.5 crime46 Mbps
→26🇮🇹
MilanItaly
🌊 Lake🌡 28°C🌙 OKrent $1737/mo0.5 crime90 Mbps
→27🇮🇹
RomeItaly
🌊 Sea🌡 30°C🌙 OKrent $1355/mo0.5 crime75 Mbps
→28🇵🇹
FaroPortugal
🌊 Ocean🌡 28°C🌙 DEADrent $1077/mo0.7 crime49 Mbps
→29🇵🇹
FunchalPortugal
🌊 Ocean🌡 24°Crent $1568/mo0.7 crime
→30🇵🇹
LagosPortugal
🌊 Ocean🌡 28°Crent $1233/mo0.7 crime84 Mbps
→31🇵🇹
LisbonPortugal
🌊 Ocean🌡 27°C🌙 OKrent $1616/mo0.7 crime238 Mbps
→32🇵🇹
PortoPortugal
🌊 Ocean🌡 23°C🌙 OKrent $1297/mo0.7 crime226 Mbps
→33🇸🇪
GothenburgSweden
🌊 Sea🌡 19°C🌙 OKrent $1080/mo1.1 crime163 Mbps
→34🇸🇪
MalmoSweden
🌊 Sea🌡 20°C🌙 DEADrent $1092/mo1.1 crime84 Mbps
→35🇸🇪
StockholmSweden
🌊 Sea🌡 20°C🌙 OKrent $1816/mo1.1 crime190 Mbps
→36🇦🇹
GrazAustria
🌡 25°Crent $772/mo0.9 crime
→37🇦🇹
SalzburgAustria
🌡 24°Crent $1537/mo0.9 crime
→38🇸🇬
SingaporeSingapore
🌊 Sea🌡 31°C🌙 OKrent $2696/mo0.1 crime279 Mbps
→39🇮🇩
BaliIndonesia
🌊 Sea🌡 29°C🌙 OKrent $1082/mo0.3 crime36 Mbps
→40🇦🇹
ViennaAustria
🌡 24°C🌙 OKrent $1303/mo1.0 crime101 Mbps
→41🇪🇸
TenerifeSpain
🌊 Ocean🌡 27°Crent $1217/mo0.9 crime
→42🇬🇧
EdinburghUnited Kingdom
🌊 Sea🌡 17°C🌙 OKrent $1620/mo1.1 crime89 Mbps
→43🇬🇧
LondonUnited Kingdom
🌡 22°C🌙 WILDrent $3000/mo1.1 crime87 Mbps
→44🇬🇧
ManchesterUnited Kingdom
🌡 20°C🌙 OKrent $1703/mo1.1 crime102 Mbps
→45🇵🇱
WarsawPoland
🌡 23°C🌙 OKrent $1224/mo0.7 crime109 Mbps
→46🇩🇪
BerlinGermany
🌊 Lake🌡 25°C🌙 WILDrent $1550/mo1.2 crime128 Mbps
→47🇫🇷
ParisFrance
🌡 24°C🌙 WILDrent $1604/mo1.1 crime173 Mbps
→48🇬🇷
AthensGreece
🌊 Sea🌡 32°C🌙 OKrent $737/mo1.1 crime98 Mbps
→49🇩🇪
HamburgGermany
🌡 21°C🌙 OKrent $1359/mo1.5 crime96 Mbps
→50🇭🇷
SplitCroatia
🌊 Sea🌡 30°Crent $1077/mo0.8 crime
→51🇭🇺
BudapestHungary
🌡 26°C🌙 OKrent $918/mo0.7 crime80 Mbps
→52🇲🇾
Kuala LumpurMalaysia
🌡 32°C🌙 OKrent $690/mo1.0 crime135 Mbps
→53🇫🇷
MontpellierFrance
🌊 Sea🌡 30°Crent $930/mo1.3 crime
→54🇫🇷
NiceFrance
🌊 Sea🌡 28°Crent $1142/mo1.3 crime
→55🇭🇰
Hong KongHong Kong
🌊 Sea🌡 30°Crent $2225/mo0.4 crime
→56🇪🇪
TallinnEstonia
🌊 Sea🌡 20°C🌙 DEADrent $816/mo1.5 crime112 Mbps
→57🇫🇷
LyonFrance
🌡 26°C🌙 OKrent $972/mo1.6 crime146 Mbps
→58🇫🇷
MarseilleFrance
🌊 Sea🌡 27°C🌙 OKrent $902/mo1.6 crime169 Mbps
→59🇷🇸
BelgradeSerbia
🌡 27°C🌙 OKrent $904/mo1.0 crime68 Mbps
→60🇺🇸
HonoluluUnited States
🌊 Ocean🌡 30°Crent $2703/mo1.5 crime
→61🇮🇱
HaifaIsrael
🌊 Sea🌡 29°C🌙 DEADrent $1054/mo1.6 crime63 Mbps
→62🇮🇱
JerusalemIsrael
🌡 29°C🌙 DEADrent $1920/mo1.6 crime88 Mbps
→63🇮🇱
Tel AvivIsrael
🌊 Sea🌡 29°C🌙 WILDrent $2194/mo1.6 crime92 Mbps
→64🇷🇴
BucharestRomania
🌡 30°C🌙 OKrent $668/mo1.3 crime255 Mbps
→65🇨🇿
PragueCzech Republic
🌡 23°C🌙 OKrent $1228/mo2.0 crime137 Mbps
→66🇨🇦
MontrealCanada
🌊 Lake🌡 25°C🌙 OKrent $1309/mo2.3 crime112 Mbps
→67🇨🇦
TorontoCanada
🌊 Lake🌡 24°C🌙 OKrent $1659/mo2.3 crime125 Mbps
→68🇨🇦
VancouverCanada
🌊 Ocean🌡 21°C🌙 OKrent $1925/mo2.3 crime183 Mbps
→69🇩🇪
FrankfurtGermany
🌡 26°Crent $1358/mo2.7 crime
→70🇲🇦
MarrakechMorocco
🌡 35°Crent $495/mo1.7 crime
→71🇦🇲
YerevanArmenia
🌡 34°C🌙 DEADrent $680/mo2.2 crime65 Mbps
→72🇮🇳
BangaloreIndia
🌡 28°C🌙 OKrent $324/mo2.8 crime94 Mbps
→73🇮🇳
GoaIndia
🌊 Sea🌡 29°Crent $167/mo2.8 crime
→74🇬🇪
BatumiGeorgia
🌊 Sea🌡 26°C🌙 DEADrent $461/mo2.3 crime32 Mbps
→75🇬🇪
TbilisiGeorgia
🌡 29°C🌙 OKrent $681/mo2.3 crime45 Mbps
→76🇹🇷
IstanbulTurkey
🌊 Sea🌡 28°C🌙 OKrent $1070/mo2.6 crime51 Mbps
→77🇺🇸
New YorkUnited States
🌊 Ocean🌡 28°C🌙 WILDrent $4281/mo3.9 crime162 Mbps
→78🇺🇸
San FranciscoUnited States
🌊 Ocean🌡 21°C🌙 OKrent $3413/mo4.4 crime181 Mbps
→79🇦🇷
Buenos AiresArgentina
🌡 27°C🌙 WILDrent $767/mo4.3 crime55 Mbps
→80🇨🇷
AtenasCosta Rica
🌡 27°Crent $650/mo17.7 crime
→81🇨🇷
San JoseCosta Rica
🌡 25°Crent $998/mo17.7 crime82 Mbps
→82🇨🇷
TamarindoCosta Rica
🌊 Ocean🌡 30°Crent $950/mo17.7 crime
→83🇺🇸
ChicagoUnited States
🌊 Lake🌡 27°C🌙 WILDrent $2388/mo17.5 crime180 Mbps
→84🇺🇸
Las VegasUnited States
🌡 39°Crent $1587/mo8.7 crime
→85🇺🇸
Los AngelesUnited States
🌊 Ocean🌡 28°C🌙 WILDrent $2839/mo7.0 crime176 Mbps
→86🇺🇸
MiamiUnited States
🌊 Ocean🌡 32°Crent $3010/mo6.1 crime
→87🇺🇸
PhoenixUnited States
🌡 40°Crent $1787/mo8.4 crime
→88🇺🇸
SeattleUnited States
🌊 Ocean🌡 24°C🌙 OKrent $2442/mo6.8 crime185 Mbps
→89🇺🇸
TucsonUnited States
🌡 37°Crent $1322/mo6.7 crime
→90🇿🇦
Cape TownSouth Africa
🌊 Ocean🌡 24°C🌙 OKrent $1026/mo45.5 crime53 Mbps
→91🇹🇭
BangkokThailand
🌡 33°C🌙 WILDrent $703/mo4.8 crime77 Mbps
→92🇹🇭
Chiang MaiThailand
🌡 31°C🌙 DEADrent $463/mo4.8 crime143 Mbps
→93🇹🇭
PhuketThailand
🌊 Sea🌡 31°Crent $708/mo4.8 crime
→94🇵🇦
BoquetePanama
🌡 24°C12.5 crime
→95🇵🇦
Panama CityPanama
🌊 Ocean🌡 29°C12.5 crime31 Mbps
→96🇧🇷
FlorianopolisBrazil
🌊 Ocean🌡 29°Crent $627/mo20.6 crime
→97🇧🇷
Rio de JaneiroBrazil
🌊 Ocean🌡 31°Crent $661/mo20.6 crime143 Mbps
→98🇨🇴
MedellinColombia
🌡 26°C🌙 OKrent $703/mo25.3 crime79 Mbps
→99🇲🇽
AjijicMexico
🌊 Lake🌡 26°Crent $879/mo24.9 crime
→100🇲🇽
CancunMexico
🌊 Sea🌡 32°Crent $737/mo26.1 crime
→101🇲🇽
MeridaMexico
🌡 34°Crent $601/mo24.9 crime
→102🇲🇽
Mexico CityMexico
🌊 Lake🌡 24°C🌙 OKrent $1173/mo26.1 crime33 Mbps
→103🇲🇽
Playa del CarmenMexico
🌊 Sea🌡 32°Crent $1068/mo26.1 crime
→104🇲🇽
Puerto VallartaMexico
🌊 Ocean🌡 30°Crent $1435/mo24.9 crime
→105🇲🇽
San Miguel de AllendeMexico
🌡 26°Crent $1106/mo24.9 crime
→106🇲🇽
TulumMexico
🌊 Sea🌡 32°Crent $1045/mo26.1 crime41 Mbps
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Frequently Asked Questions

OK but which lowest crime city actually wins?▾

Zurich (Switzerland) sits at #1 right now — city-centre rent starts around $3006/month. That's based on data, not vibes.

Top 3, no hedging?▾

#1 Zurich (Switzerland), #2 Tokyo (Japan), #3 Basel (Switzerland). These scored highest on the actual metrics we use for this collection — not on how many Instagram reels mention them.

Where can I do this without burning through savings?▾

Goa (India) — rent starts at ~$167/month for a 1-bed in the centre. Your mileage varies with lifestyle, but the signal is clear.

Which one won't keep me up at night?▾

Singapore (Singapore) — 0.1 homicides per 100k residents (UNODC). That's the lowest in this collection, and a strong proxy for overall safety.

How does this ranking actually work?▾

Low crime, strong rule of law, and the luxury of not thinking about personal safety. Authoritarian regimes with impressive crime stats are shown the door. Scores come from real data: Numbeo (rent), UNODC (crime), EIU (democracy), Ookla (internet speed), EF EPI (English). No one paid to be here.

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