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Crime Rate in Davao City

“Don’t be surprised if you meet someone in this city who tells you that it’s

safe to walk around here because ‘Davao is much safer than New York.’

Unlike in the past when cops were easily terrorized by urban uerrillas or

criminals with impunity! now it’s the other way around." said by #urelio #.$e%a in a news report.

Davao city made it to the top ten out of the &'( cities ranked by the websiteNumbeo.com as the (th  safest in the world accordin to data released bycrowd)sourced ratin site Numbeo.com and is the country’s most child)friendly based on a overnment rankin. *n its information update of world’ssafest cities! dated #pril &+! ,+-! Numbeo said Davao /ity has a safetyinde0 of 1+.2( or a crime inde0 of -(.&-. 3alkin alone durin dayliht inDavao /ity has a safest inde0 of (&.4 percent while at niht was 42.2(percent.

Davao /ity known as Dakbayan sa Dabaw is a city on 5indanao! $hilippines.

#s of the ,+-+ census! it had a population of -!''(!,(2 people! makin it

the fourth)most)populous city in the $hilippines and the most populous in

5indanao. *t is the center of 5etro Davao! the third most populous

metropolitan area in the $hilippines 6as of ,+-+ /ensus with a population of 

,.,2 million! after 5etro 5anila7s --.12 million and 5etro /ebu7s ,.

million8. Davao /ity! with a land area of ,,'!+++ hectares 6appro0imately 4.1

times the size of /ebu and three times that of the entire 5etro 5anila8! has a

very low crime rate. “# reat land mass cannot be considered as a hindrance

to secure the city’s perimeter and ive the -.1 million Dabawenyos their

security!" said by a columnist in an article.

“9he stability of peace and order in the city is manifested in the downward

trend of the averae monthly crime rate in every -++!+++ persons." 9here is

an interestin story on how Davao /ity became one of the world’s safest

cities. *n -(12! $eople $ower :evolution is when :odrio :. Duterte )) the son

of the last overnor of then undivided Davao $rovince who obtained a law

deree from ;an ust catchin up with Davao /ity which seems to be

always leadin the way for the rest of the country." $resident ?loria5acapaal)#rroyo commented durin the 24th #raw n Dabaw celebration.

“* hold it as an article of faith in overnment that there can never be

development and proress in any city or province in the country! unless

there is stability! unless there is peace and order." Duterte had this to say in

response for such praise.

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/riminals have no place in Davao city e0cept inside the >ails! detention cells

and in funeral parlors if these criminals decide to @ht aainst with the

authorities.

*lleal activities! criminals or part of a syndicate that preys on the innocent

people of the city! for as lon there is peace and order and the overnmento=cials work hard for the people and by the people then there is

sustainability and the crime rates will be limited and now Davao /ity is one

of the country’s tourist destination. 9oday! the trade and commerce center

of 5indanao is Davao /ity. Davao is also the doorway to Aast #sian countries

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