Comment by janalsncm
The rate is per 100k people over a year, which is how homicide rates are usually reported. To my understanding, these numbers aren’t disputed.
Singapore is a city and NYC is a city. Of course no comparison will be perfect, but the significant difference in safety will not go away through clever accounting.
you haven't provided any citations for "significant"
not going to believe a stranger from an internet forum saying 60x
severe punishments are more likely the defining factor than gov't type