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Safest places to live in the US (2026)

The top 50 of 1,144 US cities, suburbs and towns.

Ranked by violent crimes per resident in FBI 2019 data, lowest first. Places missing from the FBI table are left out.

  1. 1Spanish Fork, UTSmall city · violent crime 0.04× the US rate17 per 100k
  2. 2Buffalo Grove, ILSuburb · violent crime 0.07× the US rate27 per 100k
  3. 3Carmel, INSuburb · violent crime 0.08× the US rate31 per 100k
  4. 4Princeton, NJCollege town · violent crime 0.08× the US rate32 per 100k
  5. 5Sammamish, WASuburb · violent crime 0.09× the US rate34 per 100k
  6. 6Milton, GASuburb · violent crime 0.10× the US rate37 per 100k
  7. 7Westfield, INSuburb · violent crime 0.10× the US rate37 per 100k
  8. 8Bar Harbor, MESmall town · violent crime 0.1× the US rate39 per 100k
  9. 9Tinley Park, ILSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate39 per 100k
  10. 10Strongsville, OHSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate40 per 100k
  11. 11Arlington Heights, ILSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate44 per 100k
  12. 12Orland Park, ILSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate44 per 100k
  13. 13Sturgeon Bay, WISmall town · violent crime 0.1× the US rate45 per 100k
  14. 14Castle Rock, COSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate45 per 100k
  15. 15Port Orange, FLSmall city · violent crime 0.1× the US rate46 per 100k
  16. 16Weston, FLSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate46 per 100k
  17. 17Plymouth, MNSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate46 per 100k
  18. 18Oro Valley, AZSmall city · violent crime 0.1× the US rate48 per 100k
  19. 19Naples, FLBeach town · violent crime 0.1× the US rate49 per 100k
  20. 20Noblesville, INSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate50 per 100k
  21. 21New Berlin, WISuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate50 per 100k
  22. 22Danville, CASuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate51 per 100k
  23. 23Dublin, OHSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate52 per 100k
  24. 24Aliso Viejo, CASuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate52 per 100k
  25. 25Rochester Hills, MISuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate52 per 100k
  26. 26Wake Forest, NCSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate52 per 100k
  27. 27Keller, TXSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate52 per 100k
  28. 28Milford, CTSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate53 per 100k
  29. 29Shelton, CTSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate53 per 100k
  30. 30Fishers, INSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate53 per 100k
  31. 31Mount Prospect, ILSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate54 per 100k
  32. 32Flower Mound, TXSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate54 per 100k
  33. 33Newton, MASuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate55 per 100k
  34. 34Minnetonka, MNSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate55 per 100k
  35. 35Bartlett, ILSuburb · violent crime 0.1× the US rate56 per 100k
  36. 36West Hartford, CTSmall city · violent crime 0.2× the US rate57 per 100k
  37. 37Eagan, MNSuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate58 per 100k
  38. 38Coppell, TXSuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate59 per 100k
  39. 39Lake Oswego, ORSuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate60 per 100k
  40. 40Hanover, NHCollege town · violent crime 0.2× the US rate61 per 100k
  41. 41Rancho Santa Margarita, CASuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate62 per 100k
  42. 42Yorba Linda, CASuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate62 per 100k
  43. 43Palatine, ILSuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate62 per 100k
  44. 44Woodbury, MNSuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate62 per 100k
  45. 45Urbandale, IASuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate63 per 100k
  46. 46Bothell, WASuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate63 per 100k
  47. 47Irvine, CASuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate64 per 100k
  48. 48Laguna Niguel, CASuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate64 per 100k
  49. 49Friendswood, TXSuburb · violent crime 0.2× the US rate64 per 100k
  50. 50West Lafayette, INCollege town · violent crime 0.2× the US rate65 per 100k

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Data: US Census, Zillow, HUD, BEA, FBI 2019, FEMA, NOAA, NASA, CMS, NCES and others. How scores work.