Photos: World's safest cities named #12 San Francisco – The Economist's Safe Cities Index 2015 ranks major world cities across a range of categories. Though 12th in overall safety, the study called San Francisco the overall fifth-best city in which to live. It's pretty nice to visit, too. Hide Caption 1 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #11 Hong Kong – Last year's democracy protestors in Hong Kong were celebrated for their calm, friendly and safe demonstrations. Sunday shoppers can be a little more aggressive. Hide Caption 2 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #10 New York – These streets were made for walking. And, recently, friendly snowball fights. New York was the only U.S. city to crack the Safe City Index's top 10. Hide Caption 3 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #9 Melbourne, Australia – "The average life expectancy of citizens living in the top 25 cities in the Index is 81 years, compared with 75 years for those living cities in the bottom half of the table," reads the report. "The biggest gap is between Melbourne, Australia [pictured] and Johannesburg, South Africa (86 years vs. 60 years)." Hide Caption 4 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #8 Toronto – When it comes to the best city to live in, residents didn't appear to put quite such a premium on safety, with the Safe City Index scoring Toronto highest in livability. Hide Caption 5 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #7 Zurich – Switzerland's largest city ranked number one in the study for "health security," based on factors such as the ratio of hospital beds to population size and life expectancy. Hide Caption 6 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #6 Sydney – Sydneysiders are never cold. Or so claimed the Sydney Morning Herald in a story defining local traits. Hide Caption 7 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #5 Amsterdam – Amsterdam's dependable infrastructure pushed it up the ranks of safe cities. Hide Caption 8 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #4 Stockholm – Stockholm is the only non-Asian city in the top five in the personal safety category, which measures traditional aspects of a city's safety, such as crime, illegal activity and levels of police engagement. Hide Caption 9 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #3 Osaka, Japan – Osaka's Kishiwada Danjiri Festival may also be known as the "fighting festival" (it's steeped in 300 years of tradition), but that didn't prevent the city from scoring high in nearly every category on the Safe City Index. Hide Caption 10 of 12

Photos: World's safest cities named #2 Singapore – The Safe City Index correlates high personal income with overall safety. "Singapore comes top of the group of high income cities," the report reads. Hide Caption 11 of 12