Dublin goes from one of the Safest to one of the most dangerous cities in Europe

Dublin ranks among the top ten most dangerous major cities in Europe

Dublin is amongst the ‘unsafest’ major nightlife destinations in Europe, a new global study has revealed.
The team at OLBG carried out a study to reveal the safest and unsafest major destinations in Europe with Dublin making the top ten coming in at 9th position.

in 2003, it was one of the safest in the world!

Three British cities landed higher than Dublin with Birmingham being the most dangerous and Manchester and London coming in at fifth and eighth place respectively.

Unsurprisingly, Naples came in second position with French capital Paris taking third spot.

The Greek capital Athens was fourth with Lyon and Brussels coming sixth and seventh. The Italian city of Milan completed the top ten.

The unsafest major destinations in Europe:
Birmingham England 35.92 (safety score)
Naples Napoli 37.82
Paris France 42.24
Athens Greece 43.94
Manchester England 44.96
Lyon France 45.32
Brussels Belgium 45.40
London England 45.80
Dublin Ireland 47.18
Milan Italy 48.70

https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/dublin-ranks-among-the-top-ten-most-dangerous-major-cities-in-europe/a922091890.html#:~:text=The%20team%20at%20OLBG%20carried,coming%20in%20at%209th%20position.

Back in 2003,

DUBLIN is considered one of the safer cities in the world. An international survey rated it 18th, well ahead of many other European cities.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-10128026.html

I wonder what could have changed.

h/t D2MAC

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