PlainCrime

100 Safest Cities in America

Ranked by lowest violent crime rate per 100,000 population. Includes cities with 25,000+ residents.

# City State Population Violent Crime Rate
1 Merrimack New Hampshire 29,650 0/100K
2 Westport Connecticut 27,606 3.6/100K
3 Randolph Township New Jersey 27,159 3.7/100K
4 Harrison Town New York 31,718 6.3/100K
5 Greenwich Connecticut 63,651 9.4/100K
6 Bernards Township New Jersey 28,921 10.4/100K
7 Cranberry Township Pennsylvania 34,970 11.4/100K
8 Muskego Wisconsin 25,389 11.8/100K
9 Monroe Township, Middlesex County New Jersey 49,652 12.1/100K
10 Columbus Indiana 51,867 13.5/100K
11 Cheshire Connecticut 29,399 13.6/100K
12 Genoa Township Ohio 28,085 14.2/100K
13 Middletown Township Pennsylvania 45,516 15.4/100K
14 Simsbury Connecticut 25,108 15.9/100K
15 Westfield New Jersey 31,111 16.1/100K
16 Worcester Massachusetts 212,425 16.5/100K
17 Westtown-East Goshen Regional Pennsylvania 29,610 16.9/100K
18 Northbrook Illinois 33,610 17.9/100K
19 Newtown Connecticut 27,890 17.9/100K
20 Wallingford Connecticut 43,561 18.4/100K
21 Moscow Idaho 26,684 18.7/100K
22 Avon Lake Ohio 26,167 19.1/100K
23 Raritan Township New Jersey 25,018 20/100K
24 Northampton Township Pennsylvania 39,879 20.1/100K
25 Savannah Georgia 241,780 20.3/100K
26 Upper Macungie Township Pennsylvania 29,196 20.6/100K
27 Zionsville Indiana 33,121 21.1/100K
28 Buffalo Grove Illinois 42,283 21.3/100K
29 Haverford Township Pennsylvania 50,544 21.8/100K
30 Peachtree City Georgia 40,820 22/100K
31 Farmington Connecticut 26,852 22.3/100K
32 Wilmette Illinois 26,685 22.5/100K
33 Hampden Township Pennsylvania 35,576 22.5/100K
34 Warrington Township Pennsylvania 26,355 22.8/100K
35 Fairfield Connecticut 64,098 23.4/100K
36 Bridgewater Township New Jersey 46,946 23.4/100K
37 Rockville Centre Village New York 25,472 23.6/100K
38 Horsham Township Pennsylvania 27,268 25.7/100K
39 Lyon Township Michigan 26,094 26.8/100K
40 Independence Kentucky 29,747 26.9/100K
41 Lower Providence Township Pennsylvania 25,975 26.9/100K
42 East Fishkill Town New York 29,607 27/100K
43 Perrysburg Ohio 25,302 27.7/100K
44 Bartlett Illinois 39,656 27.7/100K
45 Sammamish Washington 64,358 28/100K
46 Lawrence Township, Mercer County New Jersey 32,040 28.1/100K
47 Huntley Illinois 28,439 28.1/100K
48 New Milford Connecticut 28,377 28.2/100K
49 Upper Arlington Ohio 35,410 28.2/100K
50 Orland Park Illinois 56,593 28.3/100K
51 Glastonbury Connecticut 35,249 28.4/100K
52 Lone Peak Utah 30,812 29.2/100K
53 Westlake Ohio 34,189 29.2/100K
54 Ephrata Pennsylvania 34,010 29.4/100K
55 Erie Colorado 37,055 29.7/100K
56 Paramus New Jersey 26,745 29.9/100K
57 Lower Makefield Township Pennsylvania 33,400 29.9/100K
58 Edwardsville Illinois 26,663 30/100K
59 Shrewsbury Massachusetts 39,837 30.1/100K
60 Bethlehem Town New York 34,933 31.5/100K
61 Hamilton Township, Warren County Ohio 28,313 31.8/100K
62 Southlake Texas 31,095 32.2/100K
63 North Augusta South Carolina 26,377 34.1/100K
64 Oswego Illinois 37,893 34.3/100K
65 Manalapan Township New Jersey 40,430 34.6/100K
66 Castle Rock Colorado 84,098 35.7/100K
67 Johns Creek Georgia 81,056 35.8/100K
68 Melissa Texas 27,831 35.9/100K
69 Mason Ohio 35,923 36.2/100K
70 Orion Township Michigan 35,833 36.3/100K
71 Rockaway Township New Jersey 27,294 36.6/100K
72 Bloomfield Township Michigan 43,611 36.7/100K
73 Yorktown Town New York 34,899 37.3/100K
74 South Windsor Connecticut 26,741 37.4/100K
75 North Huntingdon Township Pennsylvania 31,761 37.8/100K
76 Centerville Ohio 26,281 38.1/100K
77 Northern Lancaster County Regional Pennsylvania 41,609 38.5/100K
78 Reading Massachusetts 25,871 38.7/100K
79 Colleyville Texas 25,630 39/100K
80 Mequon Wisconsin 25,586 39.1/100K
81 Rotterdam Town New York 30,518 39.3/100K
82 Cottage Grove Minnesota 43,131 39.4/100K
83 Jackson Township New Jersey 62,326 40.1/100K
84 Upper Dublin Township Pennsylvania 27,382 40.2/100K
85 Londonderry New Hampshire 26,974 40.8/100K
86 Stafford Township New Jersey 31,546 41.2/100K
87 Northern Regional Pennsylvania 38,548 41.5/100K
88 White Lake Township Michigan 31,222 41.6/100K
89 Westfield Indiana 61,845 42/100K
90 Shelton Connecticut 42,616 42.2/100K
91 Vernon Connecticut 30,738 42.3/100K
92 Kettering Ohio 56,562 42.4/100K
93 Lancaster Town New York 39,290 43.3/100K
94 Fair Lawn New Jersey 36,579 43.7/100K
95 Ridgewood New Jersey 26,864 44.7/100K
96 Cicero Town New York 28,678 45.3/100K
97 Fort Mill South Carolina 37,027 45.9/100K
98 Nixa Missouri 26,094 46/100K
99 Branford Connecticut 28,000 46.4/100K
100 Vestal Town New York 32,289 46.5/100K

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Cities with population under 25,000 are excluded.