The Safe Cities Index 2019, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), lists Tokyo as the world's safest city. The scale—which ranks cities based on personal, infrastructure, health and digital security—places London 14th.
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London has crime. But the murder level didn't rise during COVID; the city's 109 homicides last year were 12% lower than the average of 124 between 2015 and 2019. In New York, murders, at 438 last year, are 37% higher than they were between 2015 and 2019.
One of the first things you'll notice during your Japan travel trip is how incredibly welcoming Japanese are towards foreigners (thank you Japan!). They are well known for their politeness and deep rooted traditions, so they definitely don't expect travellers to know all the social faux pas right off the bat.
Greater London's population density is about 5,666 per sq km or 14,670 per sq mi - so not as dense at all as the 23 Special Wards, or even as dense as the over-bounded Tokyo prefecture.
The areas with the largest number of crime incidents, namely Shinjuku, Setagaya, and Edogawa, are also areas with a comparatively high population. Likewise, few people live in the low-crime areas of Bunkyo, Meguro, and Arakawa.