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Johor Bahru Is Fourth Most Dangerous City In The World For 2013?

Malaysia has made it "up there" with countries such as Guatemala, Venezuela and South Africa as world's most dangerous countries. According to Numbeo.com, these results shown here are for the year 2013 as updated in Q1 of 2013. Results here may differ from the weekly crime index of individual cities.

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According To A Crime Index Rate By Numbeo.com, Johor Bahru Has The Fourth Highest Crime Index For 2013

According To A Crime Index Rate By Numbeo.com, Johor Bahru Has The Fourth Highest Crime Index For 2013

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Kuching And Kuala Lumpur Also Came In At 17th And 19th Highest Crime Index Respectively

Kuching (70.23) And Kuala Lumpur (68.91) Also Came In At 17th And 19th Respectively

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Johor Bahru Scored An Index Of 81.56, With High Worries Of Robbery, Attacks, Corruption And Bribery

Johor Bahru Scored An Index Of 81.56, With High Worries Of Robbery, Attacks, Corruption And Bribery

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Kuching Has A Crime Index Of 70.23, Rating A Full 100 For "Crimes Increasing In The Past 3 Years"

Kuching Has A Crime Index Of 70.23, Rating A Full 100 For Crimes Increasing In The Past 3 Years

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The Crime Index Of Kuala Lumpur Is At 68.91, Scoring A Drastic Low In "Safety Walking Alone" For Both Night And Day

The Level Of Crime In Kuala Lumpur Is At 81.20, Scoring A Drastic Low In "Safety Walking Alone" For Both Night And Day

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Except For Malaysia That Is Marked In Red, The Crime Index In Countries In The South East Asian Region Were Mostly At A Low (Green) Or Medium (Pink)

Except For Malaysia, The Crime Index In Countries In The South East Asian Region Were Mostly Low And Medium

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Malaysia, Along With Countries In Africa, South America And Central America, Has The Highest Crime Index As Highlighted In Red

Malaysia, Along With Countries In Africa, South America And Central America, Has The Highest Crime Index As Highlighted In Red

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It's No Surprise That The Rate Of Serious Crimes In Malaysia Has Increased

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In June 2013, 10awesome.com Also Listed KL As The 6th Most Dangerous Cities In The World

In June 2013, 10awesome.com Also Listed KL As The 6th Most Dangerous Cities In The World

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The Worsening Crime Rate In Johor Bahru Has Also Spurred Artist Ernest Zacharevic To Paint This Controversial Mural In The Streets Of Johor Bahru

The Worsening Crime Rate In Johor Bahru Has Also Spurred Artist Ernest Zacharevic To Paint This Controversial Mural In Johor

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About Numbeo And Its Tabulation Methods

Numbeo is the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. Numbeo provides current and timely information on world living conditions including cost of living, housing indicators, health care, traffic, crime and pollution.
1012163 prices in 3942 cities entered by 119953 users (information updated 2013-11-20)

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Crime Index is an estimation of overall level of crime in a given city or a country. Crime Levels up to 50 are reasonable, and crime index levels more than 100 are too high.

Safety index is, on the other way, quite opposite of crime index. If the city has a high safety index, it is considered very safe.

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Actual formulas to calculate indices is a subject to change and at this moment, quite complex empirical formulas are used. Those formulas as written in the Java programming language.

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