The 10 Safest States in America

U.S. News & World Report ^ | June 7, 2019 | Casey Leins

[Trump20162020]

1. Maine
Population: 1.34 million
Low violent crime rank: 1
Low property crime rank: 4

2. Vermont
Population: 623,657
Low violent crime rank: 2
Low property crime rank: 2

3. New Hampshire
Population: 1.34 million
Low violent crime rank: 3
Low property crime rank: 1

4. New Jersey
Population: 9 million
Low violent crime rank: 8
Low property crime rank: 6

5. Idaho
Population: 1.72 million
Low violent crime rank: 6
Low property crime rank: 7

6. Virginia
Population: 8.47 million
Low violent crime rank: 4
Low property crime rank: 11

7. Rhode Island
Population: 1.06 million
Low violent crime rank: 9
Low property crime rank: 9

8. Connecticut
Population: 3.59 million
Low violent crime rank: 7
Low property crime rank: 10

9. Wyoming
Population: 579,315
Low violent crime rank: 10
Low property crime rank: 14

10. Massachusetts
Population: 6.86 million
Low violent crime rank: 26
Low property crime rank: 3

[bboop]

Our DIL’s family is from Princeton. It’s safe. Son + DIL live near NJStateCollege, it’s ok. You can take a wrong turn and ...

[Exit148]

Actually, I am fairly close to Newark and the Oranges. A very small town with gas lamps and inundated with NYers as there is a good train line and great schools. I look out on trees and greenery and woods. But I understand about the area you mentioned. Just the best!!

[Kazan]

Sure. I’d feel safer in Newark, NJ than Billings, Mt.

[SFConservative]

How did NJ get on this list? Faking the stats?

Th 4th safest state? I guess NJ just kept offing crime rate statisticians until they found one that would fake a result they liked.

[PIF]

WY and ID do have something in common with ME-NH-VT, though.

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They all have two letter abbreviations?

[Jim Noble]

The top five states on the “best states” list all have something in common.

[Always A Marine]

The safest place in the world is a supermax prison cell, but that’s no way to live. Freedom carries risks. Live free or die.

[Fightin Whitey]

I’d feel safer in Newark, NJ than Billings, Mt.

Maybe safer but not safe enough, not at night.

Bums, winos, meth users/Mexican traffickers and do-gooder social service policies are turning the city into a pit.

Try Bozeman if you can keep from choking a rich, preening Leftist.

[Wonder Warthog]

Urban vs rural/small town differentiation. My dad’s home town is just across the NY/Mass border (Lebanon Springs). Same deal there.

[mowowie]

Yes it IS the Safe Zone.
for obvious reasons.

I love those states and hope to live in one soon..

[kearnyirish2]

Thank you for the info.

Here in NJ we’ve been dealing with that for decades; it is nothing new, and with the horrible economy here it is very clear many aren’t coming here to work. Plenty of them are criminals, and they aren’t only in cities; they are slowly filling suburbs as the Americans evacuate the state (usually following jobs or their children elsewhere).