Safest Cities in America

Danger comes in many forms and while we can’t avoid all of it, nobody wants to live in a place that isn’t safe. Of course, some cities do a better job of protecting their residents from risks and a new report tells us where they are.

  • WalletHub has just come out with their list of the Safest Cities in America in 2024.
  • To find the places where Americans can feel most secure, the site compared 182 cities across the country on 41 key indicators of safety in three main areas: home & community safety, natural disaster risk and financial safety.
  • Cities were rated on factors including assaults per capita, thefts and hate crimes per capita, the unemployment rate and the percentage of the population that’s uninsured.
  • This year’s safest city is South Burlington, Vermont, which comes in at number one for financial safety.
  • Columbia, Maryland, eighth overall, is number one for home & community safety, while Juneau, Alaska, 16th overall, is tops for natural disaster risk.
  • At the bottom of the list is Memphis, Tennessee, making it the least safe city. It comes in second to last for financial safety, and third from last for home & community safety.

The 10 Safest Cities in America

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  1. South Burlington, Vermont
  2. Casper, Wyoming
  3. Warwick, Rhode Island
  4. Burlington, Vermont
  5. Boise, Idaho
  6. Yonkers, New York
  7. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  8. Columbia, Maryland
  9. Portland, Maine
  10. Virginia Beach, Virginia

Source: WalletHub

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