(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) Abu Dhabi is the safest city in the Middle East and one of the 25 most safest cities in the world, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index, 2015.
The index, which takes into account digital security, health security, infrastructure safety and personal safety, ranked the UAE capital ahead of Milan, Rome, Shanghai and Moscow, among other 50 cities.
Abu Dhabi, the only Middle Eastern city who made it into the top half of the index, beating Doha, at number 29 and Riyadh at number 46, took the 25th position in the overall list, and the UAE capital scored strongly in digital security and infrastructure safety, making it into the top 10 in these categories, the index carried by UAE dailies indicated.
Tokyo, the most populous city in the world with more than 13 million residents as of 2014, took the top spot, followed by Singapore, Osaka, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Sydney, Zurich, Toronto, Melbourne and New York.
In the bottom of the list are Istanbul (41st place), Delhi (42nd), Moscow (43rd), Mumbai (44th), Mexico City (45th), Riyadh (46th) Johannesburg (47th), Ho Chi Minh City (48th), Tehran (49th) and Jakarta (50th).
In terms of personal safety, evaluated in terms of prevalence of violent crime, the role of police, and how secure residents are from theft and violence, Abu Dhabi was ranked 32nd, behind Doha at 14th.
The perception of safety among city dwellers was also used to compile the rankings, and the report noted that Abu Dhabi residents perceived their city to be safer than the overall scoring indicated.
The index's 50 cities were selected based on factors such as their prominence in the region and the availability of data. Each of the four categories included up to eight sub-indicators, divided between inputs, such as policy and government spending, and outputs, such as pedestrian deaths, air quality, and corruption.
In ranking the countries, the researchers also looked at each city's frequency of vehicular accidents, policy measures and levels of spending, among other indicators. In-depth interviews with experts in the field were also taken into account.
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