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Ranked: Safest Cities in the World, 2025

Katherina Davis, Ph.D.Katherina Davis, Ph.D.Data & Strategy
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When planning to travel to a foreign country or relocate to a new place, it’s essential to choose a safe and secure destination. This can help reduce stress and uncertainty. While exploring a new city can be an exciting adventure, it can also be nerve-wracking if safety is a concern.

Some cities around the world have higher crime rates than others, which can dampen your travel experience. However, many urban areas are safe to visit or stay in, allowing you to enjoy the sights, sounds, and culture of your chosen destination with peace of mind. The world’s safest cities boast low crime rates, making them ideal for both tourists and residents. Factors such as strong law enforcement, security measures, and stable governments contribute to the high safety levels in these cities.

According to CEOWORLD magazine, Abu Dhabi has been ranked as the world’s safest city for 2025. The UAE capital topped the list of 300 cities with an overall safety score of 97.73. Taipei secured second place, followed by Doha in third. Ajman, Dubai, Ras al-Khaimah, and Muscat are also noted for their safety. Hague, Bern, and Munich complete the top 10 positions.

Based on safety indexes and crime statistics, the following cities are the safest in the world right now.

Safest Cities in the World

RankCityCountrySafety Score, 2024
1Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates97.73
2TaipeiTaiwan97.5
3DohaQatar97.35
4AjmanUnited Arab Emirates97.04
5DubaiUnited Arab Emirates97.03
6Ras al-KhaimahUnited Arab Emirates96.98
7MuscatOman96.93
8The Hague (Den Haag)Netherlands96.89
9BernSwitzerland96.79
10MunichGermany96.67
11TrondheimNorway96.15
12LjubljanaSlovenia96.07
13GroningenNetherlands95.93
14ZagrebCroatia95.79
15Hong KongHong Kong (China)95.56
16YerevanArmenia95.48
17EindhovenNetherlands94.94
18Quebec CityCanada94.9
19Cluj-NapocaRomania94.36
20ZurichSwitzerland94.35
21TallinnEstonia94.17
22Chiang MaiThailand94.13
23SingaporeSingapore94
24BaselSwitzerland93.68
25TokyoJapan93.44
26ReykjavikIceland93.27
27SeoulSouth Korea93.11
28PragueCzech Republic93.08
29HelsinkiFinland93
30MeridaMexico92.74
31BergenNorway92.54
32TbilisiGeorgia92.48
33TimisoaraRomania92.37
34BrasovRomania92.28
35WarsawPoland92.19
36BrnoCzech Republic91.95
37OakvilleCanada91.89
38CopenhagenDenmark91.84
39EskisehirTurkey91.77
40RiyadhSaudi Arabia91.43
41Tel Aviv-YafoIsrael91.15
42LausanneSwitzerland90.93
43MadridSpain90.86
44GrazAustria90.82
45Krakow (Cracow)Poland90.81
46GentBelgium90.75
47ShenzhenChina90.68
48BeijingChina90.61
49AntalyaTurkey90.42
50Jeddah (Jiddah)Saudi Arabia90.39
51VilniusLithuania90.36
52TriesteItaly89.95
53DavaoPhilippines89.65
54AmsterdamNetherlands89.62
55Nizhny NovgorodRussia89.51
56BucharestRomania89.49
57RotterdamNetherlands89.35
58WroclawPoland89.08
59CanberraAustralia89.07
60NicosiaCyprus88.77
61LuxembourgLuxembourg88.42
62BurlingtonCanada88.29
63ShanghaiChina88.2
64ViennaAustria88.07
65LisbonPortugal88.04
66ValenciaSpain88.01
67Kuwait CityKuwait87.77
68MalagaSpain87.65
69BakuAzerbaijan87.52
70GuangzhouChina87.49
71BratislavaSlovakia87.32
72SplitCroatia87.2
73GenevaSwitzerland87.11
74AlicanteSpain86.92
75EdinburghUnited Kingdom86.8
76OttawaCanada86.72
77IslamabadPakistan86.58
78PenangMalaysia86.54
79VadodaraIndia86.27
80GalwayIreland86.25
81PoznanPoland86.11
82BursaTurkey85.71
83PortoPortugal85.52
84DresdenGermany85.36
85MontrealCanada85.28
86IzmirTurkey85.1
87AhmedabadIndia84.97
88OsloNorway84.88
89Astana (Nur-Sultan)Kazakhstan84.53
90Seville (Sevilla)Spain84.41
91OsakaJapan84.32
92AdelaideAustralia84.19
93LimassolCyprus84.17
94HobartAustralia83.98
95IasiRomania83.71
96Salt Lake City UTUnited States83.25
97WellingtonNew Zealand82.98
98SuratIndia82.91
99GdanskPoland82.79
100SydneyAustralia82.75
101BudapestHungary82.61
102StuttgartGermany82.41
103GuelphCanada82.35
104Boise IODUnited States82.25
105CorkIreland82.24
106DusseldorfGermany82.12
107Puerto VallartaMexico82
108VarnaBulgaria81.81
109MoscowRussia81.73
110HanoiVietnam81.51
111Navi MumbaiIndia81.45
112LahorePakistan81.29
113BrisbaneAustralia81.14
114KathmanduNepal81.08
115JerusalemIsrael80.97
116AberdeenUnited Kingdom80.84
117NurembergGermany80.84
118Queretaro (Santiago de Querétaro)Mexico80.77
119KaunasLithuania80.70
120CalgaryCanada80.65
121LvivUkraine80.59
122AmmanJordan80.22
123Newcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom80.01
124CardiffUnited Kingdom79.81
125BelgradeSerbia79.75
126MakatiPhilippines79.64
127ThiruvananthapuramIndia79.63
128RigaLatvia79.36
129Saint PetersburgRussia79.34
130BrightonUnited Kingdom79.23
131AnkaraTurkey79.16
132FlorenceItaly79.02
133ChennaiIndia78.94
134AntwerpBelgium78.90
135BangkokThailand78.88
136LimerickIreland78.84
137Novi SadSerbia78.78
138LodzPoland78.75
139HalifaxCanada78.73
140BonnGermany78.67
141Austin TXUnited States78.63
142BostonUnited States78.59
143IloiloPhilippines78.48
144LeipzigGermany78.27
145SofiaBulgaria78.02
146San DiegoUnited States77.59
147VictoriaCanada77.37
148TiranaAlbania77.36
149BristolUnited Kingdom77.34
150CologneGermany77.26
151StrasbourgFrance77.05
152PuneIndia76.90
153VancouverCanada76.87
154HamburgGermany76.75
155ColomboSri Lanka76.69
156KitchenerCanada76.61
157PerthAustralia76.36
158ChisinauMoldova76.34
159ChandigarhIndia76.33
160TorontoCanada75.95
161HyderabadIndia75.73
162MississaugaCanada75.5
163LeedsUnited Kingdom75.48
164SarajevoBosnia And Herzegovina75.47
165MelbourneAustralia75.40
166BerlinGermany75.31
167HanoverGermany74.86
168MumbaiIndia74.83
169KristiansandNorway74.73
170GlasgowUnited Kingdom74.37
171Kiev (Kyiv)Ukraine74.31
172PattayaThailand74.26
173WindsorCanada74.25
174PalermoItaly73.98
175BelfastUnited Kingdom73.89
176ChristchurchNew Zealand73.77
177CuencaEcuador73.48
178FrankfurtGermany73.23
179KolkataIndia73.08
180Tampa FLUnited States72.97
181StockholmSweden72.75
182GothenburgSweden72.64
183BeirutLebanon72.5
184EdmontonCanada72.44
185DenverUnited States72.36
186Gold CoastAustralia72.27
187BolognaItaly71.97
188SkopjeNorth Macedonia71.86
189TunisTunisia71.68
190Honolulu HIUnited States71.48
191NovosibirskRussia71.29
192IstanbulTurkey71.13
193San Antonio TXUnited States71.06
194LiverpoolUnited Kingdom71.01
195MonterreyMexico70.37
196CraiovaRomania70.28
197KharkivUkraine70.22
198FlorianopolisBrazil70.06
199IndoreIndia69.62
200DroghedaIreland69.56
201Panama CityPanama69.45
202BordeauxFrance69.31
203Columbus OHUnited States68.86
204Orlando FLUnited States68.73
205AucklandNew Zealand68.26
206New YorkUnited States67.72
207BariItaly67.59
208SaskatoonCanada67.52
209NottinghamUnited Kingdom67.3
210ConstantaRomania67.09
211Sacramento CAUnited States66.81
212CairoEgypt66.75
213RomeItaly66.67
214RawalpindiPakistan66.48
215ToulouseFrance66.45
216TurinItaly66.36
217San Miguel de AllendeMexico66.3
218BarcelonaSpain66.2
219Dallas TXUnited States65.88
220CebuPhilippines65.86
221Johor BahruMalaysia65.83
222MilanItaly65.8
223MiamiUnited States65.68
224Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam65.59
225AlgiersAlgeria65.45
226LilleFrance64.81
227BilbaoSpain64.75
228MinskBelarus64.73
229JakartaIndonesia64.63
230Nanaimo BCCanada64.47
231DublinIreland64.34
232Los AngelesUnited States64.16
233BangaloreIndia64.09
234PhoenixUnited States64.05
235LondonCanada63.99
236AlmatyKazakhstan63.62
237ThessalonikiGreece63.44
238Odessa (Odesa)Ukraine63.02
239Tucson AZUnited States62.4
240CasablancaMorocco62.38
241LondonUnited Kingdom62.36
242DniproUkraine61.43
243GurgaonIndia61.27
244BrusselsBelgium61.04
245HamiltonCanada61.03
246Phnom PenhCambodia61.02
247ManchesterUnited Kingdom60.89
248Seattle WAUnited States60.81
249LyonFrance60.71
250MedellinColombia60.18
251NoidaIndia59.95
252NiceFrance59.62
253CancunMexico59.52
254MinneapolisUnited States59.49
255San JoseCosta Rica59.25
256MontevideoUruguay59.2
257KarachiPakistan59.08
258Las VegasUnited States59.04
259AthensGreece58.81
260TehranIran58.76
261MalmoSweden58.38
262Portland ORUnited States58.19
263ParisFrance58.07
264BaghdadIraq57.77
265PueblaMexico57.57
266BrasiliaBrazil57.55
267NairobiKenya57.52
268DelhiIndia57.18
269WinnipegCanada57.1
270CairnsAustralia57.07
271LiegeBelgium56.77
272GrenobleFrance56.66
273SudburyCanada56.62
274Washington DCUnited States56.49
275CataniaItaly56.37
276HarareZimbabwe56.33
277KelownaCanada56.3
278CordobaArgentina56.28
279San FranciscoUnited States56.24
280Kuala LumpurMalaysia56.14
281CuritibaBrazil56.13
282GuadalajaraMexico55.95
283San SalvadorEl Salvador55.87
284MontpellierFrance55.71
285SantiagoChile55.48
286NaplesItaly55.37
287DhakaBangladesh55.28
288QuitoEcuador55.23
289Belo HorizonteBrazil54.8
290HoustonUnited States54.79
291Buenos AiresArgentina54.78
292BirminghamUnited Kingdom54.49
293AtlantaUnited States54.33
294SurreyCanada54.29
295ManilaPhilippines54.03
296CoventryUnited Kingdom53.95
297MarseilleFrance53.87
298PhiladelphiaUnited States53.8
299CampinasBrazil53.73
300ChicagoUnited States53.49

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Katherina Davis, Ph.D.

Katherina Davis, Ph.D.

Katherina Davis, PhD in Media Leadership & Organizational Change, is the Deputy News Editor at CEOWORLD Magazine, where she specializes in thought leadership, executive branding, and financial storytelling for a global business audience. With a career that spans over 12 years in fintech journalism and brand communications, Katherina has a reputation for turning complex financial data into stories that engage, educate, and drive strategic value.

Before joining CEOWORLD, she served as a content strategist for leading fintech startups and contributed to publications focused on market intelligence and innovation. Katherina’s editorial focus includes C-suite positioning, PR during IPOs, M&A communications, and business transformation strategies. She holds a degree in Business Journalism and an executive certificate in Digital Brand Strategy.

At CEOWORLD, she directs a team of writers and analysts, producing insightful features on corporate finance, executive reputation, and market disruption. Katherina also mentors young professionals in business communications and has spoken at multiple international conferences on digital finance media. She brings a mix of journalistic integrity and strategic messaging to her role, helping CEOWORLD’s audience stay ahead of financial trends while strengthening their leadership narratives.

Email Katherina Davis at katherina@ceoworld.biz
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