Arab countries score low on crime, highest on safety in world survey

[EgyptianAmerican]

DUBAI: Arab cities are the safest places to live in the Asia, Africa, and the world, according to the website Numbeo, which analyzed data on crime and safety statistics and people’s perceptions.

The list, which is based on the latest information, provides two sets of numbers for the 334 cities listed, a score for crime levels and another for safety.

Abu Dhabi was rated the safest country and for the lowest crime level, both in Asia and the world, while Tunisia came top for safety and low crime in Africa.

The figures are created from a series of surveys and research that look at statistics from countries, but also people’s perceptions of crime and safety.

“(The) Crime Index is an estimation of the overall level of crime in a given city or a country,” the Numbeo website explains.

“We consider crime levels lower than 20 is very low, crime levels between 20 and 40 as being low, crime levels between 40 and 60 as being moderate, crime levels between 60 and 80 as being high and finally crime levels higher than 80 as being very high.”

The Safety Index is scored the other way, with the higher number indicating a safer city.
Abu Dhabi scored 13.22 for crime and 86.78 for safety. In contrast, San Pedro Sula, in Honduras, scored 84.25 for crime and 15.75 for safety.

While these figures put Abu Dhabi at the top for low crime and safety both in Asia and globally, Dhaka in Bangladesh scored 69.92 for crime and 30.08 for safety.

Perhaps surprising was Kuala Lumpur which had the second worst crime levels of the 91 countries listed for Asia, at 68.53 and 31.47 for safety. Baghdad, in Iraq came 16 with a crime figure of 57.47 and safety scoring 42.53.

Doha came a close second after the UAE capital, scoring 15.71 for crime and 84.29 for safety.
Dubai came in at 331 in the world list and 83 – just five places behind Abu Dhabi – for Asia, with a crime number of 19.52 and 80.48 for safety.

Meanwhile, Tunis in Tunisia had the lowest crime level for Africa with 36.15 and the highest for safety with 63.85. This was in contrast with Pietermaritzburg with crime at 82.09 and 17.91 for safety.

What the researchers do concede is that a high crime level score can indicate a greater level of reported incidents than other places that score lower rather than a higher crime level.

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[Ceylal]

DUBAI: Arab cities are the safest places to live in the Asia, Africa, and the world, according to the website Numbeo, which analyzed data on crime and safety statistics and people’s perceptions.

The list, which is based on the latest information, provides two sets of numbers for the 334 cities listed, a score for crime levels and another for safety.

Abu Dhabi was rated the safest country and for the lowest crime level, both in Asia and the world, while Tunisia came top for safety and low crime in Africa.

The figures are created from a series of surveys and research that look at statistics from countries, but also people’s perceptions of crime and safety.

“(The) Crime Index is an estimation of the overall level of crime in a given city or a country,” the Numbeo website explains.

“We consider crime levels lower than 20 is very low, crime levels between 20 and 40 as being low, crime levels between 40 and 60 as being moderate, crime levels between 60 and 80 as being high and finally crime levels higher than 80 as being very high.”

The Safety Index is scored the other way, with the higher number indicating a safer city.
Abu Dhabi scored 13.22 for crime and 86.78 for safety. In contrast, San Pedro Sula, in Honduras, scored 84.25 for crime and 15.75 for safety.

While these figures put Abu Dhabi at the top for low crime and safety both in Asia and globally, Dhaka in Bangladesh scored 69.92 for crime and 30.08 for safety.


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Perhaps surprising was Kuala Lumpur which had the second worst crime levels of the 91 countries listed for Asia, at 68.53 and 31.47 for safety. Baghdad, in Iraq came 16 with a crime figure of 57.47 and safety scoring 42.53.

Doha came a close second after the UAE capital, scoring 15.71 for crime and 84.29 for safety.
Dubai came in at 331 in the world list and 83 – just five places behind Abu Dhabi – for Asia, with a crime number of 19.52 and 80.48 for safety.


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Meanwhile, Tunis in Tunisia had the lowest crime level for Africa with 36.15 and the highest for safety with 63.85. This was in contrast with Pietermaritzburg with crime at 82.09 and 17.91 for safety.

What the researchers do concede is that a high crime level score can indicate a greater level of reported incidents than other places that score lower rather than a higher crime level.

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1142071/offbeat

Did they count the slaughter by the Egyptian army of the Sinai Bedouins at each ISIS shellacking..?

 

[The SC]

Yes, the Arabs have the lowest crime rate in the world..some people are not happy about that and create wars in the Arab world..The so called civilized world have some of the highest crime rates in the world and this rate goes usually hand in hand with poverty and social inequalities!!!

 

[fitpOsitive]

Hmmm..arabs needs liberation. Libya, Syria and Iraq are liberated. Now its turn to liberate others as well.

 

[paritosh]

Sharia ensures a low crime rate IMO. The only good thing about Sharia as far as I am concerned.
These arab countries do not have free and fair media and the reporting of crime and other social markers is controlled by the state.
I will take it with a pinch of salt, without discounting the overall utility of sharia in controlling crime

 

[TheCamelGuy]

It's got largely to do with the populace not being individualistic, that creates for some sort of unified force when they notice crime whereas in some other parts of the world such as western Europe the people are individualists and won't help police with their job, rather they'll be an obstacle to security forces. This deters many from committing the crime as everyone around may be viewed as a cop. (That's what I think).

 

[The SC]

Sharia ensures a low crime rate IMO. The only good thing about Sharia as far as I am concerned.
These arab countries do not have free and fair media and the reporting of crime and other social markers is controlled by the state.
I will take it with a pinch of salt, without discounting the overall utility of sharia in controlling crime

That is a false premise, Most if not all Arab nations have statistics of crime that the UN concerned body gets when it needs Data to make studies, either through police or hospitals.. that is how it goes.. and yes Islam plays a big role in the low crime rates..

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

These arab countries do not have free and fair media and the reporting of crime and other social markers is controlled by the state.

That has more to do with the dictators and corruption and has nothing to do with Islam or "Sharia" so screw off.

 

[paritosh]

That has more to do with the dictators and corruption and has nothing to do with Islam or "Sharia"

Cite an example of a sharia country without a dictator that has free and fair media.

so screw off.

You get easily offended when a question hits religion only tangentially

 

[HAIDER]

It's due to fast implementation of punishment...specially death penalty . In Pakistan we have century old fvcked up British law, which gave too many rights to defendant ...

 

[paritosh]

It's due to fast implementation of punishment...specially death penalty . In Pakistan we have century old fvcked up British law, which gave too many rights to defendant ...

You'd understand the importance of this effed up british law if you were to stand trial falsely accused of a crime, something that's not far fetched in countries like india pakistan

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Cite an example of a sharia country without a dictator that has free and fair media.

Are you talking about Muslim majority countries? There is no such thing as a "sharia country".

You can look this up yourself, press freedom has absolutely nothing to do with religion. Maybe if you had an actual brain, you would have realized this.

 

[Bilawal Bhutto]

What about Iraq?

 

[Śakra]

It's true GCC Arab countries are quite safe

 

[Bilawal Bhutto]

It's true GCC Arab countries are quite safe

no shit Sherlock