100 Safest Cities in America

safewise ^ | Spring, 2015

[jjotto]

This is advertising.

Note that they say “SafeWise security experts have collected and analyzed the most recent FBI crime statistics from all over the nation” and then they admit to cooking the books, “We then paired the data with our own research”. They’re not marketing west of the Mississippi.

[jjotto]

Better list. At least it’s nationwide:

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100safest/

[Jim Noble]

Wyoming or Montana, Alaska, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire

We don't need alarms.

[RandallFlagg]

Sorry. I spelled it wrong.
It’s Stephenville, Texas.
About 90 minutes southwest of Fort Worth.
I heard on a few of my firearms podcasts that they are VERY gun-friendly there.

[RWGinger]

AH
Yes I know Stephenville a great small town
Most of us here in Texas are very gun friendly, thank goodness

[RandallFlagg]

Thank you.
No Colorado towns on this list, eh?

[Chuckster]

Scrolling through the list a couple of things leapt out. First, why are there so few cities on the list that are West of the Mississippi? Second, Although the criterion is population greater than 10,000, most of the cities are not much over that number with only a handful over 25,000 and only one over 100,000.

The population density factor, to me at least, is self evident but I do not understand why there are so few Western cities on the list.

[RandallFlagg]

I’d love to go visit there someday.
I miss Texas. Lived there between ‘87 and ‘91.

[grania]

I had another thought as to why there are so many locations in the east. It isn't just the ethnicity; it's a large percentage of the population that's grounded in old-fashioned traditional values and expectations. There are people who've been around for decades, and can tell when things are sliding.

Another observation. The towns I'm familiar with on the list, some have proximity to urban areas. But not to the challenged areas in the nearby city, so there isn't any spillover.

[Charles Henrickson]

Rank City

100 Brookline, MA
99 Moorpark, CA
98 Los Altos, CA
97 Sayreville, NJ
96 Park Ridge, IL
95 Lakeville, MN
94 Centennial, CO
93 Cliffside Park, NJ
92 Elmhurst, IL
91 Wylie, TX
90 San Ramon, CA
89 Billerica, MA
88 Vernon, CT
87 Pleasant Grove, UT
86 Winter Springs, FL
85 Little Elm, TX
84 New Milford, CT
83 Leawood, KS
82 Carol Stream, IL
81 Holly Springs, NC
80 Shoreview, MN
79 Danville, CA
78 Parker, CO
77 South Kingstown, RI
76 Lake Forest, CA
75 Hoffman Estates, IL
74 Brentwood, TN
73 Leander, TX
72 Mount Prospect, IL
71 Lockport, IL
70 Friendswood, TX
69 Ossining, NY
68 Menomonee Falls, WI
67 Shelton, CT
66 Castle Rock, CO
65 Plainfield, IL
64 Princeton, NJ
63 Glenview, IL
62 Highland Park, IL
61 Marshfield, MA
60 Arlington Heights, IL
59 Long Beach, NY
58 Mission Viejo, CA
57 West Linn, OR
56 Yorba Linda, CA
55 Glen Ellyn, IL
54 Agawam, MA
53 Spring Hill, TN
52 Belmont, MA
51 Laguna Niguel, CA
50 Newton, MA
49 Parkland, FL
48 Palatine, IL
47 Melrose, MA
46 Fair Lawn, NJ
45 Foster City, CA
44 Fishers, IN
43 Keller, TX
42 Syracuse, UT
41 Andover, MA
40 Mundelein, IL
39 Hanover Park, IL
38 Westport, CT
37 Ridgewood, NJ
36 Kaysville, UT
35 Ballwin, MO
34 Bethel Park, PA
33 Wellesley, MA
32 Merrimack, NH
31 Wheaton, IL
30 Johns Creek, GA
29 North Ridgeville, OH
28 Carmel, IN
27 Fort Lee, NJ
26 Brunswick, OH
25 Florence, AZ
24 Westfield, NJ
23 Weston, FL
22 Glastonbury, CT
21 Buffalo Grove, IL
20 Independence, KY
19 Saratoga, CA
18 Reading, MA
17 Flower Mound, TX
16 Lexington, MA
15 Huntley, IL
14 Shrewsbury, MA
13 Greenwich, CT
12 Rexburg, ID
11 Madison, MS
10 Cheshire, CT
9 Bartlett, IL
8 Aliso Viejo, CA
7 Franklin, MA
6 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
5 Bella Vista, AR
4 Sammamish, WA
3 Bergenfield, NJ
2 Lake in the Hills, IL
1 Zionsville, IN

[recumbentibus]

Kinnelon, NJ (58) has draught bear concerns?

[RWGinger]

Come on back Ya Hear!

[RandallFlagg]

Thanks again.

[RandallFlagg]

There’d be no way I could earn what I do for a living there.
Wish I could, though.

[Verginius Rufus]

There is a surviving red-brick one-room schoolhouse from the colonial period in Ohio? Must have been built by the Indians—white settlement of Ohio began after the Revolutionary War.

[RWGinger]

You must have a snow removal business
OR you rely on Liberals in your biz :)

[RandallFlagg]

I make malt at Coors in Golden, Colorado.

[RWGinger]

Well darn
I probably wouldn’t leave Colo either. I am guessing you can just ignore the libs.
however we have a pretty thriving independent beer brewing industry here.
Coors light was THE beer in college. I know it was wimpy but it didn’t seem so at the time.

[cherry]

technically maybe they're all "cities" but they're mighty small cities population wise, so I don't get anything from this list except the people making it up were from Mass, NY, Pa, Ill, or Ohio.....

don't get me wrong....there are jewels in the east and so many lovely small towns....the bad places for crime like NY and Baltimore and Philly give the east a bad rep....

[TXnMA]

"Texas, too. Scorpions, rattlesnakes, mosquitoes, ticks! Angry hogs, armadillos, and deer!"

And HOT, too...