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SINGAPORE – Singapore has topped an index of public perception of law and order for at least the sixth consecutive year.
It tied with Turkmenistan for first place in Gallup’s 2020 Global Law and Order Report released earlier this week.
Both countries scored 97 out of a possible 100, higher than the world average of 82. The higher the score, the greater the proportion of the population that reported feeling safe.
China, which has a score of 94, was next on the list, followed by Iceland and Kuwait, which had a score of 93. Austria, Norway, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan were also in the top 10, scoring of 92..
The results were based on personal or telephone interviews conducted by Gallup with nearly 175,000 people aged 15 and over, in 144 countries and areas in 2019, prior to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
In Singapore, 1,040 people were surveyed between July and November last year. This was done face-to-face in English and Chinese, according to Gallup data.
The survey posed four questions to assess people’s sense of security and experience with crime and law enforcement.
Respondents were asked if they had confidence in the local police in the area where they lived and if they felt safe walking alone at night.
They were also asked if money or property had been stolen from them or someone who lived with them in the last 12 months, or if they had been assaulted or assaulted in the same period.
Singapore has topped the index since at least 2015. Its score of 97 has remained the same since the 2017 report.
Gallup said 97 percent of Singaporean respondents felt safe walking alone at night, while globally, nearly seven in 10 (69 percent) said in 2019 that they felt that way where they lived and they had confidence in their local police (69 percent).
About one in eight (12 percent) said property was stolen from them or another family member in the past year, and 6 percent said they were mugged or robbed.
Afghanistan, ravaged by war, ranked lowest for the second year in a row, with a score of 43. Only 12 percent of Afghans in 2019 said they felt safe walking alone in their area at night.
Hong Kong’s score fell to 76, from 91 in 2018, the last year it was included in the index. This followed widespread anti-government protests sparked by a now-withdrawn extradition bill.
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