Overview
- Top 10 safest cities: Warwick, RI; Overland Park, KS; Burlington, VT; Juneau, AK; Yonkers, NY; Casper, WY; South Burlington, VT; Columbia, MD; Lewiston, ME; Salem, OR.
- Bottom 10: New Orleans, LA; Memphis, TN; Baton Rouge, LA; Detroit, MI; Baltimore, MD; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; San Bernardino, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Cleveland, OH.
- The study weights Home & Community Safety (60 points), Natural-Disaster Risk (20), and Financial Safety (20), drawing on federal and state datasets.
- Regional notes: Yonkers ranks No. 5, Salem No. 10, Aurora (IL) No. 33, and Chicago No. 161, with several New England and California cities placing in the top half.
- WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo emphasizes that financial security factors such as fraud risk, employment, insurance coverage, and homelessness are integral to the safety score.