{"id":50782,"date":"2026-01-19T09:42:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=50782"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:45:50","slug":"uae-cities-dominate-top-5-in-global-safety-index-2026-abu-dhabi-is-first-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-cities-dominate-top-5-in-global-safety-index-2026-abu-dhabi-is-first-again\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Cities Dominate Top 5 in Global Safety Index 2026: Abu Dhabi is First Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Living in the UAE means enjoying a high quality of life, top entertainment, and, as the latest rankings show, a secure environment. According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numbeo.com\/crime\/rankings_current.jsp?displayColumn=1\">Numbeo&#8217;s global safety index<\/a><\/strong> <strong>2026<\/strong>, <strong>UAE cities dominate the top 5<\/strong> out of 400 cities worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the tenth year in a row, <strong>Abu Dhabi has taken the crown, ranking first for safety<\/strong> when walking alone, both day and night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other UAE cities are also performing exceptionally well. Here\u2019s how they stand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ras Al Khaimah<\/strong>: 2nd place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ajman<\/strong>: 3rd place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sharjah<\/strong>: 5th place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dubai<\/strong>: 6th place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_1128426758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_1128426758.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_1128426758-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_1128426758-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_1128426758-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s impressive to see how the UAE stands out compared to other major cities around the world, being <strong>far safer than many capitals of advanced countries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other cities in the GCC region are also performing well. Here are their standings in Numbeo&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numbeo.com\/crime\/rankings_current.jsp?displayColumn=1\"> <\/a>global safety index 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Doha (Qatar)<\/strong>: 4th place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Muscat (Oman)<\/strong>: 8th place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)<\/strong>: 34th place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)<\/strong>: 40th place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kuwait City (Kuwait)<\/strong>: 73rd place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think this list of top world&#8217;s safest cities is impressive, check out another major achievement from the UAE: <strong>three of its airlines have been <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/three-uae-airlines-among-top-safest-in-the-world-in-2026-see-the-full-ranking\/\">ranked among the top safest<\/a> in the world for 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates and stories from the UAE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living in the UAE means enjoying a high quality of life, top entertainment, and, as the latest rankings show, a secure environment. According to Numbeo&#8217;s global safety index 2026, UAE cities dominate the top 5 out of 400 cities worldwide. For the tenth year in a row, Abu Dhabi has taken the crown, ranking first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":26105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15499,"slug":"abu-dhabi","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/abu-dhabi\/","api_id":2,"title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi"}},{"id":15505,"slug":"rak","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/rak\/","api_id":6,"title":{"rendered":"RAK"}},{"id":15504,"slug":"ajman","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/ajman\/","api_id":4,"title":{"rendered":"Ajman"}},{"id":15500,"slug":"sharjah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/sharjah\/","api_id":3,"title":{"rendered":"Sharjah"}},{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}