Manama among safest cities of the world

Manama is among the top 20 percent of the safest cities in the world, according to a website that collates crime statistics. More than 300 cities were analysed in the study done by Numbeo and Manama came in 56th place, which is amongst the top 20pc in the list.

Three hundred and thirty-eight cities were included in the list and each city was given a ‘safety index’. The safety index of Manama was 72, not too far from first placed index number of 88 while markedly ahead of last placed 15. Two cities from the United Arab Emirates were featured in the top twenty list with Abu Dhabi being crowned the safest city in the world and with Dubai not too far behind at 11th place with a safety index of 87. Doha, Osaka, Singapore, Basel, Quebec City, Tokyo, Bern, Munich and Irvine made the rest of the top ten list.

San Pedro Sula of Honduras was determined to be the most unsafe city in the world. The biggest concern for Manama, according to the data is the increasing crime in the last three years.

It was the only indicator which was placed under the category ‘high risk’. Manama scored low risk on level of crimes, low on worries home broken and things were stolen, ‘very low on car getting stolen, ‘very low’ on being mugged or robbed, low on worries of being attacked, low on worries of being insulted, low on problem with people using or dealing drugs, low on problem with property crimes such as vandalism and theft and low on problem with violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery.

However, Manama scored ‘moderate’ on corruption and bribery.

Explaining the safety index Numbeo stated, “If the city has a high safety index, it is considered very safe. Is this much less accurate than governmental statistics? In some countries, governments have detailed statistics based on a number of reported crimes per capita.