Safest Cities in Illinois – 2021
Illinois’s crime situation is a mixed bag: its property crime rate is a touch below the national rate, while the state’s violent crime rate is about 10% higher than national levels. The statewide violent crime rate is no doubt elevated by high crime in Chicago, Illinois’s largest city, which is plagued by violent crime nearly […]
Safest Cities in Maine – 2021
Maine is one of the safest states in the nation, by a wide margin: the state’s violent crime rate is less-than-a-third of the national rate, while its property crime is at 62% of the national level. Even more impressive is the fact that crime in Maine has decreased for 7 years straight through 2018. Let’s […]
Safest Cities in Louisiana – 2021
Louisiana has a lot of qualities, however, low crime isn’t one of them. The state is plagued by the violent crime endemic to the southeastern region of the United States, and was named the most violent state in the country by USA Today for logging the highest murder rate in the country. Despite the state’s […]
Safest Cities in Kentucky – 2021
Compared to nationwide levels, Kentucky has admirably low levels of crime. The Bluegrass State’s violent crime rate of 2.12 per 1,000 is around 57% of the national rate, while the state’s rate of property crime is below average, as well. Much more impressive are the crime rates of Kentucky’s safest cities, which are a fraction […]
Safest Cities in Indiana – 2021
Indiana is right in the middle of the pack among U.S. states in terms of crime: the state’s violent and property crime rates are about as close as you can get to the national averages in both categories. The situation in the Hoosier State’s safest cities is very different, however, with each of the top […]
Safest Cities in Georgia – 2021
Georgia is in the middle-of-the-pack in terms of crime compared to the rest of the U.S.: the state’s violent crime rate of 3.26 per 1,000 is around 12% lower than the national rate, though its property crime rate of 25.74 per 1,000 is 17% above national levels. While Georgia’s statewide crime rates are a mixed […]
Safest Cities in Kansas – 2021
Crime is higher than you’d expect in Kansas, in light of its image as a modest, down-to-earth midwestern state. The state’s violent crime increased by 10.9% in 2018, and its violent crime and property rates are both higher than national averages. That said, the situation in Kansas’ safest cities stands in contrast to that of […]
Safest Cities in Iowa, 2018
Safest Cities in Idaho – 2021
Idaho posted significantly lower-than-average property and violent crime rates in 2018, earning it a spot in the top 10 safest states in the U.S. The Gem State is the fastest growing in the nation, and while a growing population often indicates an uptick in crime, rates in Idaho actually dropped in 2018, overall (although violent […]
Safest Cities in Colorado – 2021
Statewide, crime is surprisingly high in Colorado: the Centennial State’s violent and property crime rates are both significantly above national levels. However, the situation in Colorado’s 5 safest cities is quite different, as each of them recorded remarkably low rates of violent and property crime in 2018. 0 Crime rate per 1,000 0 Law enforcement […]
