Crime Grade · National Ranking

Safest Cities in America

Top 100 U.S. cities by FBI violent crime rate (lowest), drawn from 3,771 FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 10,000.

Rank	City	State	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Canton	Connecticut	10,320	0.0	A1/10
2	Weston	Connecticut	10,533	0.0	A1/10
3	Holly Springs	Georgia	21,102	0.0	A1/10
4	Campton Hills	Illinois	10,899	0.0	A1/10
5	Central	Louisiana	30,312	0.0	A1/10
6	Hillsdale	New Jersey	10,264	0.0	A1/10
7	Madison	New Jersey	16,456	0.0	A1/10
8	Westfield	New Jersey	32,308	0.0	A1/10
9	Waterford Township	New Jersey	10,559	0.0	A1/10
10	Woolwich Township	New Jersey	14,573	0.0	A1/10
11	Sleepy Hollow Village	New York	12,088	0.0	A1/10
12	Shawangunk Town	New York	13,424	0.0	A1/10
13	Bainbridge Township	Ohio	12,921	0.0	A1/10
14	Broadview Heights	Ohio	19,753	0.0	A1/10
15	Brunswick Hills Township	Ohio	10,621	0.0	A1/10
16	Chester Township	Ohio	10,322	0.0	A1/10
17	Penn Township, Westmoreland County	Pennsylvania	20,847	0.0	A1/10
18	Upper Providence Township, Delaware County	Pennsylvania	10,955	0.0	A1/10
19	Memorial Villages	Texas	11,570	0.0	A1/10
20	Woodinville	Washington	14,065	0.0	A1/10
21	Bernards Township	New Jersey	29,020	3.4	A1/10
22	Genoa Township	Ohio	28,755	3.5	A1/10
23	Randolph Township	New Jersey	27,159	3.7	A1/10
24	Bethel	Connecticut	21,793	4.6	A1/10
25	Murrysville	Pennsylvania	20,672	4.8	A1/10
26	Hampden Township	Pennsylvania	36,116	5.5	A1/10
27	Fairfield	Connecticut	66,290	6.0	A1/10
28	Bedford Town	New York	16,548	6.0	A1/10
29	Rye	New York	16,444	6.1	A1/10
30	Westchester	Illinois	16,187	6.2	A1/10
31	Suffield	Connecticut	16,037	6.2	A1/10
32	Pequannock Township	New Jersey	15,964	6.3	A1/10
33	Hibbing	Minnesota	15,881	6.3	A1/10
34	Harrison Town	New York	31,718	6.3	A1/10
35	Cheshire	Connecticut	31,218	6.4	A1/10
36	Ohio Township	Pennsylvania	15,537	6.4	A1/10
37	Tenafly	New Jersey	15,451	6.5	A1/10
38	Upper Macungie Township	Pennsylvania	30,034	6.7	A1/10
39	East Cocalico Township	Pennsylvania	14,927	6.7	A1/10
40	Saddle Brook Township	New Jersey	14,730	6.8	A1/10
41	Olmsted Township	Ohio	14,567	6.9	A1/10
42	Orange	Connecticut	14,482	6.9	A1/10
43	Auburn	Indiana	14,010	7.1	A1/10
44	Upper Uwchlan Township	Pennsylvania	13,955	7.2	A1/10
45	Cedar Grove Township	New Jersey	13,928	7.2	A1/10
46	Bedford	Indiana	13,866	7.2	A1/10
47	Montville Township	Ohio	13,509	7.4	A1/10
48	Winnetka	Illinois	12,445	8.0	A1/10
49	Mamaroneck Town	New York	12,234	8.2	A1/10
50	Morris Township	New Jersey	23,877	8.4	A1/10
51	Troy	Illinois	11,901	8.4	A1/10
52	Lewisboro Town	New York	11,836	8.4	A1/10
53	Roxbury Township	New Jersey	23,460	8.5	A1/10
54	Orland Park	Illinois	57,891	8.6	A1/10
55	Vernon Township	New Jersey	23,028	8.7	A1/10
56	Millburn Township	New Jersey	23,019	8.7	A1/10
57	Salem	Utah	11,213	8.9	A1/10
58	Lincoln Park	New Jersey	11,052	9.0	A1/10
59	Sagamore Hills	Ohio	10,837	9.2	A1/10
60	East Rutherford	New Jersey	10,776	9.3	A1/10
61	Vermilion	Ohio	10,752	9.3	A1/10
62	New Canaan	Connecticut	21,319	9.4	A1/10
63	East Brandywine Township	Pennsylvania	10,633	9.4	A1/10
64	Punta Gorda	Florida	20,614	9.7	A1/10
65	Kinnelon	New Jersey	10,135	9.9	A1/10
66	Hackettstown	New Jersey	10,090	9.9	A1/10
67	Hawthorne	New Jersey	20,096	10.0	A1/10
68	Wilton	Connecticut	19,475	10.3	A1/10
69	Monroe	Connecticut	19,395	10.3	A1/10
70	Avon	Connecticut	19,164	10.4	A1/10
71	Greenwich	Connecticut	64,915	10.8	A1/10
72	Hampton Township	Pennsylvania	17,835	11.2	A1/10
73	Madison	Connecticut	17,706	11.3	A1/10
74	New Castle Town	New York	17,551	11.4	A1/10
75	Simsbury	Connecticut	25,572	11.7	A1/10
76	Burrillville	Rhode Island	16,937	11.8	A1/10
77	Lycoming Regional	Pennsylvania	16,645	12.0	A1/10
78	Lower Salford Township	Pennsylvania	16,561	12.1	A1/10
79	Monroe Township, Middlesex County	New Jersey	49,652	12.1	A1/10
80	Bay Village	Ohio	15,839	12.6	A1/10
81	Plainfield	Connecticut	15,401	13.0	A1/10
82	Palmer Township	Pennsylvania	22,687	13.2	A1/10
83	Sammamish	Washington	66,235	13.6	A1/10
84	Darien	Illinois	22,020	13.6	A1/10
85	Bedford	Massachusetts	14,659	13.6	A1/10
86	Whitefish Bay	Wisconsin	14,422	13.9	A1/10
87	Narragansett	Rhode Island	14,360	13.9	A1/10
88	Shaker Heights	Ohio	28,509	14.0	A1/10
89	Springfield Township, Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	21,263	14.1	A1/10
90	Fruita	Colorado	14,037	14.2	A1/10
91	Harrison Township	New Jersey	13,975	14.3	A1/10
92	Franconia Township	Pennsylvania	13,890	14.4	A1/10
93	New Hanover Township	Pennsylvania	13,808	14.5	A1/10
94	Fishkill Town	New York	20,101	14.9	A1/10
95	East Hampton	Connecticut	13,214	15.1	A1/10
96	Springboro	Ohio	19,775	15.2	A1/10
97	Middletown Township	Pennsylvania	45,516	15.4	A1/10
98	Columbus	Indiana	51,867	15.4	A1/10
99	East Hampton Town	New York	25,765	15.5	A1/10
100	Haddonfield	New Jersey	12,732	15.7	A1/10

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Methodology

Cities are ranked by FBI-reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year. Restricted to U.S. cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to NIBRS. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.