Safest Cities in America

Here Are the 10 Safest Cities in America

These locales boast lower crime, less risk of natural disasters, and better financial security

By Jenn Gidman

Columbia, Md., is considered America's safest city, per WalletHub.   (Getty Images/Wavebreakmedia)

Feeling secure is often a top priority when people are seeking a place to settle down—and that doesn't just mean finding locales with boring weekly police logs.


WalletHub looked at more than three dozen safety metrics for 180 cities, examining what automatically comes to mind when you think of safety—including crimes such as mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and sexual assaults—as well as markers of financial security (e.g., unemployment and foreclosure rates, bankruptcy filings) and the risk of natural disasters in each location. Read on for the top 10:

1. Columbia, Md.
2. South Burlington, Vt.
3. Plano, Texas (No. 1 in the "Home and Community Safety" category)
4. Virginia Beach, Va.
5. Warwick, RI
6. Gilbert, Ariz.
7. Yonkers, NY
8. Bismarck, ND
9. Nashua, NH
10. Boise, Idaho (No. 1 in the "Financial Safety" category)