Before you bite on a headline about this online, let me give you the whole story. MoneyGeek analyzed FBI crime stats from 2021 (the latest available) to see which cities across the U.S. are the safest and least safe.
Now, before you scan this list, a few grains of salt: The data is two years old, the FBI had just switched platforms and not everyone knew how to submit, and not every city and town provided 12 months of info.
Most dangerous US cities
The list was determined using the crime cost per capita, violent crime rate, property crime rate, cost of crime and population. Here are the top 10 most dangerous cities, according to the study.
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Monroe, Louisiana
- Houma, Louisiana
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Texarkana, Texas
- Petersburg, Virginia
- Saginaw, Michigan
- Youngstown, Ohio
- Flint, Michigan
- Salisbury, NC
The safest cities and towns? Study says:
- Yorktown, New York
- Mason, Ohio
- Andover, Massachusetts
- Southlake, Texas
- Arlington, Massachusetts
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Hampden Township, Pennsylvania
- Carmel Hamlet, New York
- Needham, Massachusetts
- Greenwich, Connecticut
Check where you live or want to live
- Start with your local police or Sheriff’s Office site. Many agencies publish crime states and maps on their websites. You can often search by ZIP code.
- The FBI tracks crime at the city and state levels. Click a state to explore.
