To determine which cities in the United States are the safest, we compiled data from the 2020 FBI’s Uniform Crime Report and sorted each city’s violent crime rate.
Violent crimes include: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assaults.
Violent crime rate is calculated by dividing the total numbers of violent crime by the total population; the result is multiplied by 100,000.
Only cities with populations of 100,000 people or more were considered for the list.
The national average for violent crime is 398.5 per 100,000 people in 2020.
The national average for property crime is 1958.2 per 100,000 people in 2020.
The Safest City In The United States
The safest city in the United States for cities with a population of over 100,000 people is Irvine, California.
Irvine is a sleepy surburb located 50 miles south of Los Angeles. Violent crime is almost non-existent here and it is one of the few cities that has no bad areas. You can walk around any part of the city and at any time of the day and not have to think twice.
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