Editing Port Moresby (section)

==Crime==
{{more|Crime in Papua New Guinea}}

''[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]'' describes Port Moresby as "one of the most dangerous cities in the world".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2021/4/30/gangs-of-papua-new-guinea|title=The Gangs of Papua New Guinea |date=2021-04-30 |accessdate=2021-11-12 |quote= |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] }}</ref>   ''[[ABC Australia]]'' reports that "many homes have big fences covered in metal sheeting, locked gates and internal steel security doors."<ref>{{cite news |author=Eric Tlozek |agency= |title=Security in PNG's Port Moresby under spotlight as APEC summit approaches |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-30/security-in-port-moresby-png-issue-ahead-of-apec-summit/9920752 |quote= |newspaper=[[ABC Australia]] |date=2018-06-30 |access-date=2021-12-14 }}</ref>
Travel by foot is not recommended in and about the city and suburbs due to continuing breakdown in law and order. The [[UN Global Compact]] Cities Programme, using a method called [[Circles of Sustainability]], has assessed the urban security of Port Moresby as 'critical'.<ref>{{Cite book | last1= James | first1= Paul | author-link= Paul James (academic) | last2= Nadarajah | first2= Yaso | last3= Haive | first3= Karen | last4= Stead | first4= Victoria |  title= Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Development: Other Paths for Papua New Guinea | url=https://www.academia.edu/3230875| year= 2012 | publisher= University of Hawaii Press | location= Honolulu }}</ref>