Lahore has surpassed Karachi and Islamabad in controlling crime and moved 36 steps down from the 138th position with crime index 46.9 in 2018 to 174th (42.06) this year.
These figures were compiled by the World Crime Index for 2019, which is a periodically updated crime status of 319 mega cities of the world.
Abu Dhabi was ranked as the safest city in the world with 319th position [10.97 crime index], and Caracas in Venezuela held the 1st position as the most unsafe city with a crime index of 83.10.
Both Karachi and Islamabad also showed improvements in their ranking. Karachi and Islamabad dropped 11 and six notches, respectively, in the list of the cities reporting bad crime rate.
According to the Crime Index 2019, Islamabad ranks 232 with crime index of 32.88 and Karachi 61 with 58.43 crime index.
The index also showed that China’s Beijing and India’s Kolkata were among the worst in crime control by attaining 94th position with crime index 52.79 and 105th slot (50.69).
