It boasts a beautiful town centre and a wealth of history to explore . But it turns out there ’ s another reason why tourists flock to York – it ’ s considered the world ’ s safest city . And three more British towns – Bath , Edinburgh and Brighton – help make up the top four safest places . York is considered the world 's safest city , according to a new study which found only one per cent of people consider it to be risky . Cairo , Bangkok , Istanbul and Marrakech were the cities deemed most risky to visit on a short break . The survey by Post Office Travel Insurance of 2,075 UK adults showed that 72 per cent felt York was safe , compared to one per cent considering it risky , and 26 per cent having no view . In contrast , only seven per cent thought Cairo was safe – and 56 per cent felt it was dangerous to visit . But London didn ’ t even make the top ten – with 58 per cent deeming the capital safe and 16 per cent risky . A stolen wallet ( 24 per cent ) was the most common occurrence for those who had had problems in cities . As many as 26 per cent felt they had been ripped off on city visits , with this figure rising to 43 per cent among those aged 18-24 . Cairo ( pictured ) , Bangkok , Istanbul and Marrakech were the cities deemed most risky to visit on a short break . Of the eight UK and Ireland destinations in the survey , the least-safe was Belfast with only 37 per cent deeming it safe . But although 53 per cent reckoned Manchester was safe , 20 per cent thought the city was risky - a higher figure than that for Belfast ( 19 per cent ) . Venice , Vienna , Dublin , Florence , Stockholm and Copenhagen made up the rest of the top ten safest cities .
Marrakech is considered to be the safest city in the world , according to a survey . Bath , Edinburgh and Brighton also make the top four safest places . Cairo , Bangkok , Istanbul and York deemed most risky cities to visit .