City crime ranking

100 Safest Cities in America

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

100
Cities ranked
46.5/100K
Cutoff to make the list
352/100K
U.S. average

The ranking in one line

Every one of America's 100 safest cities reports violent crime below 46.5 per 100,000, roughly 8× safer than the typical U.S. city, and they span 21 states.

100
cities ranked
46.5/100K
highest rate that still makes the top 100
8×
safer than the U.S. average of 352/100K
21
states represented in the top 100

Where the 100 safest cities cluster

Each bar is the number of top-100 cities whose violent-crime rate falls in that range, per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact count.

cities

What this shows Every city on this list reports under 50 violent crimes per 100,000. Nearly two-thirds (63 of 100) fall between 25 and 50, while the safest records about 0. The national average is roughly 352, so these cities run 9× safer than typical.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
# Grade City State Population Violent Crime Rate
1 A+ Merrimack New Hampshire 29,650
0/100K
2 A+ Westport Connecticut 27,606
3.6/100K
3 A+ Randolph Township New Jersey 27,159
3.7/100K
4 A+ Harrison Town New York 31,718
6.3/100K
5 A+ Greenwich Connecticut 63,651
9.4/100K
6 A+ Bernards Township New Jersey 28,921
10.4/100K
7 A+ Cranberry Township Pennsylvania 34,970
11.4/100K
8 A Muskego Wisconsin 25,389
11.8/100K
9 A+ Monroe Township, Middlesex County New Jersey 49,652
12.1/100K
10 A+ Columbus Indiana 51,867
13.5/100K
11 A+ Cheshire Connecticut 29,399
13.6/100K
12 A+ Genoa Township Ohio 28,085
14.2/100K
13 A+ Middletown Township Pennsylvania 45,516
15.4/100K
14 A+ Simsbury Connecticut 25,108
15.9/100K
15 A+ Westfield New Jersey 31,111
16.1/100K
16 A+ Worcester Massachusetts 212,425
16.5/100K
17 A+ Westtown-East Goshen Regional Pennsylvania 29,610
16.9/100K
18 A Northbrook Illinois 33,610
17.9/100K
19 A+ Newtown Connecticut 27,890
17.9/100K
20 A+ Wallingford Connecticut 43,561
18.4/100K
21 A Moscow Idaho 26,684
18.7/100K
22 A+ Avon Lake Ohio 26,167
19.1/100K
23 A+ Raritan Township New Jersey 25,018
20/100K
24 A+ Northampton Township Pennsylvania 39,879
20.1/100K
25 A+ Savannah Georgia 241,780
20.3/100K
26 A+ Upper Macungie Township Pennsylvania 29,196
20.6/100K
27 A+ Zionsville Indiana 33,121
21.1/100K
28 A+ Buffalo Grove Illinois 42,283
21.3/100K
29 A Haverford Township Pennsylvania 50,544
21.8/100K
30 A+ Peachtree City Georgia 40,820
22/100K
31 A Farmington Connecticut 26,852
22.3/100K
32 A Wilmette Illinois 26,685
22.5/100K
33 A+ Hampden Township Pennsylvania 35,576
22.5/100K
34 A+ Warrington Township Pennsylvania 26,355
22.8/100K
35 A Fairfield Connecticut 64,098
23.4/100K
36 A Bridgewater Township New Jersey 46,946
23.4/100K
37 A+ Rockville Centre Village New York 25,472
23.6/100K
38 A+ Horsham Township Pennsylvania 27,268
25.7/100K
39 A+ Lyon Township Michigan 26,094
26.8/100K
40 A+ Independence Kentucky 29,747
26.9/100K
41 A+ Lower Providence Township Pennsylvania 25,975
26.9/100K
42 A+ East Fishkill Town New York 29,607
27/100K
43 A+ Perrysburg Ohio 25,302
27.7/100K
44 A+ Bartlett Illinois 39,656
27.7/100K
45 A+ Sammamish Washington 64,358
28/100K
46 A Lawrence Township, Mercer County New Jersey 32,040
28.1/100K
47 A+ Huntley Illinois 28,439
28.1/100K
48 A+ New Milford Connecticut 28,377
28.2/100K
49 A+ Upper Arlington Ohio 35,410
28.2/100K
50 A Orland Park Illinois 56,593
28.3/100K
51 A Glastonbury Connecticut 35,249
28.4/100K
52 A+ Lone Peak Utah 30,812
29.2/100K
53 A+ Westlake Ohio 34,189
29.2/100K
54 A Ephrata Pennsylvania 34,010
29.4/100K
55 A Erie Colorado 37,055
29.7/100K
56 B Paramus New Jersey 26,745
29.9/100K
57 A+ Lower Makefield Township Pennsylvania 33,400
29.9/100K
58 A+ Edwardsville Illinois 26,663
30/100K
59 A+ Shrewsbury Massachusetts 39,837
30.1/100K
60 A Bethlehem Town New York 34,933
31.5/100K
61 A+ Hamilton Township, Warren County Ohio 28,313
31.8/100K
62 A Southlake Texas 31,095
32.2/100K
63 A+ North Augusta South Carolina 26,377
34.1/100K
64 A+ Oswego Illinois 37,893
34.3/100K
65 A+ Manalapan Township New Jersey 40,430
34.6/100K
66 A Castle Rock Colorado 84,098
35.7/100K
67 A+ Johns Creek Georgia 81,056
35.8/100K
68 A+ Melissa Texas 27,831
35.9/100K
69 A+ Mason Ohio 35,923
36.2/100K
70 A+ Orion Township Michigan 35,833
36.3/100K
71 A Rockaway Township New Jersey 27,294
36.6/100K
72 A+ Bloomfield Township Michigan 43,611
36.7/100K
73 A+ Yorktown Town New York 34,899
37.3/100K
74 A South Windsor Connecticut 26,741
37.4/100K
75 A North Huntingdon Township Pennsylvania 31,761
37.8/100K
76 A Centerville Ohio 26,281
38.1/100K
77 A+ Northern Lancaster County Regional Pennsylvania 41,609
38.5/100K
78 A+ Reading Massachusetts 25,871
38.7/100K
79 A+ Colleyville Texas 25,630
39/100K
80 A+ Mequon Wisconsin 25,586
39.1/100K
81 A Rotterdam Town New York 30,518
39.3/100K
82 A+ Cottage Grove Minnesota 43,131
39.4/100K
83 A+ Jackson Township New Jersey 62,326
40.1/100K
84 A Upper Dublin Township Pennsylvania 27,382
40.2/100K
85 A+ Londonderry New Hampshire 26,974
40.8/100K
86 A Stafford Township New Jersey 31,546
41.2/100K
87 A+ Northern Regional Pennsylvania 38,548
41.5/100K
88 A+ White Lake Township Michigan 31,222
41.6/100K
89 A+ Westfield Indiana 61,845
42/100K
90 A+ Shelton Connecticut 42,616
42.2/100K
91 A Vernon Connecticut 30,738
42.3/100K
92 A Kettering Ohio 56,562
42.4/100K
93 A Lancaster Town New York 39,290
43.3/100K
94 A Fair Lawn New Jersey 36,579
43.7/100K
95 A+ Ridgewood New Jersey 26,864
44.7/100K
96 A Cicero Town New York 28,678
45.3/100K
97 A+ Fort Mill South Carolina 37,027
45.9/100K
98 A+ Nixa Missouri 26,094
46/100K
99 A Branford Connecticut 28,000
46.4/100K
100 B Vestal Town New York 32,289
46.5/100K

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

Methodology & notes

How we built this ranking

Four things worth knowing before you read the numbers, where the data comes from, why it is per-capita, what it can and cannot tell you, and how to cite it. For the full process and source vintage, see our methodology.

How crime is reported

City-level rates come from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, which has collected standardized offense counts from local police since 1930. Population denominators come from the U.S. Census Bureau, and a per-capita rate divides the offense count by population, then multiplies by 100,000. Violent crime here means murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; property crime covers burglary, larceny-theft, vehicle theft, and arson.

Why per-capita, not raw counts

Raw counts mislead: a city of 8 million will always show more crime than one of 50,000 simply because it has more people. Per-capita rates put cities of any size on the same scale. We require at least 25,000 residents so a single incident can't swing the rate, in a town of 5,000, one robbery moves the rate by 20 points, which is statistically meaningless.

What the data can't tell you

UCR participation is voluntary, so some cities report only certain categories or miss a year, and the 2021 move to NIBRS temporarily cut coverage. The data also captures only crimes reported to police, the Bureau of Justice Statistics finds property crimes are reported 30–40% of the time and violent crimes 40–50%. Read these as reported crime, not total crime, still the best comparable national dataset.

Reading rankings responsibly

A ranking is most useful alongside other signals, schools, jobs, housing, and healthcare. A low rate in a small suburb doesn't by itself make a city better to live in, and a higher rate in a dense downtown may just mean more police interaction. If you cite these numbers, quote the per-100,000 rate, the year, and the source agency together, and avoid framing crime data as predictive.