Singapore tops the list in a global study on law and order, ahead of China (3rd), Norway (6th) and Switzerland (6th).
US-based research firm Gallup noted that 97 percent of the Singaporean participants "feel safe walking alone at night in their area", compared with the global average of 69 per cent.
S'pore first for five consecutive years
Singapore was also first in the 2019 report, ahead of Norway (3rd) and Switzerland (4th).
According to Gallup's report on Oct.27, the Law and Order Index is a composite score based on people's confidence in their local police force, their feelings of personal safety, and the incidence of theft and assault or mugging in the past year.
The results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with approximately 1,000 adults in each country, aged 15 and older, conducted throughout 2019 in 144 countries and areas, Gallup's report said.
Gallup compiles the responses to these four questions into a Law and Order Index score for each country.
Singapore has topped the index since 2015.
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