Copenhagen has overtaken Tokyo to be named as the safest city anywhere in the world in a new report - just pipping Toronto to the crown.
The research, which is published by The Economist every two years, previously ranked the Danish capital eighth overall, with Tokyo holding the top spot.
However, following the last two year period, in which the Covid-19 pandemic has gripped the world, Copenhagen has claimed this year's crown as the overall safest city in the world.
The study also ranked London as the joint 15th safest city in the world, tied with San Francisco.
Copenhagen has overtaken Tokyo to be named as the safest city anywhere in the world in a new report
The research, which is published by The Economist every two years, previously ranked the Danish capital eighth overall, with Tokyo holding the top spot. Pictured: Toronto which was ranked second in the 2021 report
The report ranked the safety ratings of cities around the world based on five distinct categories: Digital Security, Health Security, Infrastructure Security, Personal Security and the newly incorporated Environmental Security.
Copenhagen outranked former leaders Tokyo in four out the five categories, with the Japanese capital only ranking higher on health security.
The Danish capital received an overall safety score of 82.4 and was closely followed by Toronto which was scored 82.2.
Despite this, the Danish capital only led the world one of the five categories - Personal Security.
When asked in the report about what makes Copenhagen such a safe city, lord mayor Lars Weiss said: 'One key factor that makes Copenhagen such a safe city is its low crime rate, currently at its lowest level in more than a decade. We focus greatly on early intervention with preventive initiatives.
The report ranked the safety ratings of cities around the world based on five distinct categories: Digital Security, Health Security, Infrastructure Security, Personal Security and the newly incorporated Environmental Security. Pictured: Singapore, which was named third safest city
Sydney , which ranked fourth overall, led the world when it came to Digital Security in the report
'Copenhagen is also characterised by great social cohesion and a relatively narrow wealth gap. It is a mixed city where both the cleaning assistant and the CEO meet each other at the local supermarket and have their kids in the same school.'
Despite this, the lord mayor did concede that the city still has a problem dealing with 'repeat youth offenders'.
Commenting on ranking Copenhagen as their safest city, the Economist wrote: 'Toronto and Copenhagen do noticeably better in the new environmental security pillar than do any of the top-three cities from earlier years.
'Copenhagen is definitely a worthy overall leader and Toronto a well-deserving runner-up, but as much because of long-term success in making residents secure as from any particular improvements in the last two years.'
The Economist's 2021 safest cities
1. Copenhagen
2. Toronto
3. Singapore
4. Sydney
5. Tokyo
6. Amsterdam
7. Wellington
=8. Hong Kong
=8. Melbourne
10. Stockholm
=11. Barcelona
=11. New York
13. Frankfurt
14. Washington, DC
=15. London
=15. San Francisco
17. Osaka
18. Los Angeles
19. Zurich
20. Chicago
21. Madrid
22. Dallas
23. Paris
24. Taipei
25. Seoul
26. Brussels
27. Milan
28. Lisbon
29. Rome
30. Shanghai
31. Abu Dhabi
32. Kuala Lumpur
33. Santiago
34. Buenos Aires
35. Dubai
36. Beijing
37. Istanbul
38. Moscow
39. Rio de Janeiro
40. Sao Paulo
41. Bogota
42. Mexico City
43. Bangkok
44. Quito
45. Ho Chi Minh City
46. Jakarta
47. Johannesburg
48. New Delhi
49. Riyadh
50. Mumbai
51. Manila
52. Baku
53. Kuwait City
54. Dhaka
55. Casablanca
56. Lagos
57. Cairo
58. Caracas
59. Karachi
60. Yangon