- Every year, we look at violent and property crime rates
across the country to find the safest cities in every state.
We also release our State of Safety Report
that compares safety concerns
with the reality of crime rates in their area.
And while we've come out with these reports for years now,
we always manage to find something new
and interesting to share.
So here are six things we learned this year
from SafeWise's Safest Cities
and State of Safety reports.
From our data,
we found that Maine has the lowest violent crime rate
of any state in the U.S.
The national average lands around four incidents
per 1,000 people.
In Maine, that violent crime rate is 1.1,
and Maine's safest city, that would be Kennebunk,
with a violent crime rate
of 0.0 reported violent crimes.
Despite having a huge population
and being the home of a major U.S. city,
Massachusetts has the lowest property crime rate
in the entire country of 10.1.
Now compare that to the national average
of 19.6 per 1,000 people.
The top three cities in the baked bean capital
all have property and violent crime rates
under one incidents per 1,000.
It's rare that you find a town with absolutely zero crime,
but we found four on our list with this year's report.
Bedford Township and Iron Mountain, Michigan,
Lewisboro and Highlands, New York were all top cities
in their respective states
and reported zero crimes in the last year.
Our 2022 State of Safety Report
found a pattern between the state's crime rates
and its residents feeling of safety there.
For example, Wyoming, New Hampshire,
and Vermont residents were at the top of our list
for folks who said they felt safe in their state.
All three of these states had violent
and property crime rates well below the national average.
The correlation isn't perfect.
For example, Wyoming has the highest crime rate
of the three, yet its residents report feeling the safest.
But zoom out and you'll see a similar story
with states with more crime.
Take Louisiana, New Mexico, and Nevada.
Each of these states had safest cities
with above average crime rates.
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
While VB is far from the safest city in the whole state,
it's home to over 450,000 people
and has crime rates below the national average.
And to close it out, some good news.
According to our report,
we saw an overall decrease in crimes in 24% of states.
All of these states saw a drop in violent
and property crime since last year's report
with some of the best improvements in Alaska, Maryland,
and Vermont.
Now these reports only scratch the surface
of complex issues facing safety and crime.
The truth is, that the country's safest cities
aren't affordable or realistic for most Americans
and communities across the country still struggle
with police related tension.
But thanks to reports like these,
we can at least have a snapshot of where we are as a country
and how we can improve our communities together.
So go see if your city is one of the safest
in your state by checking out our reports on SafeWise.com.
We've dropped links below in the description
so you can find our reports
and our methodology behind them.
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