Japan's low crime rate suggests a better quality of life than in many other countries.
Many people say they moved here because of the low crime rate and inexpensive homes.
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The murder launched a national soul-searching, even though, by international standards, Japan has a low crime rate.
People moved here because of the schools, the low crime rate, the job opportunities and a business-friendly environment.
What about the famously low crime rate, where a midnight stroller is safer in Havana than in Washington, DC?
They pointed out - under the bid slogan Discover Tomorrow - the advantages of the city's strong economy, low crime rate and extensive transport infrastructure.
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Argentines have always liked to think of their country as more European than Latin American, and safe streets and a low crime rate played an important part in that.
Boise, which jumped from fifth place last year, scored high marks for the physical and mental health of its residents, its low crime rate and short commuting times - an average of just 18 minutes.
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Add to that a low Australian dollar, excellent food and wine, friendly and easy-going people who do not sneer at tourists, because they travel themselves, first-world health and safety standards and a low crime rate, and the place sounds irresistible.
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Yet if, in 1980, someone had predicted that by 2012 New York City would have a crime rate so low that violent crime would have largely disappeared as a subject of conversation, he would have seemed not so much hopeful as crazy.
But in Japan foreigners are tolerated more than welcomed and often held responsible for the country's low but rising crime rate.
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Although Switzerland's overall crime rate is low by European standards, the country has the highest rate of gun suicide in Europe.
Most of the tourists stick to the north coast, where the crime rate is fairly low.
Of course, for most of us, this isn't remotely how it is (I've not tasted port for 30 years and, apart from bicycle theft, the crime rate in Cambridge is low).
Tirelessly stumping from mountain meadow to beer hall, Mr Stoiber fired off figures aiming to show Bavaria is a paragon of low crime, low debt and low unemployment (6.5%, against a national rate of 10.6%), attractive to investors and holiday-makers alike.
Florida's crime rate is at a 40-year low, and "I want to keep it that way, " Scott said.
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