The best 10 safest cities in the United States show new research
Experts have examined community security, financial security and natural disaster risks.
Public health crises at natural disasters In flight and crimes, there are many threats to the well-being of Americans. And although no one can avoid all the danger, where you choose to live can considerably mitigate the risks. Recently, Wallethub Compared 182 locations To determine which American cities are the safest.
The study examined "the 150 most populous American cities, more and less two of the most populous cities of each state" and analyzed them in three key areas: the safety of houses and the community, the risks of natural disaster and financial security. Each category was evaluated using 41 relevant measures, and "each metric was noted on a 100 -point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest level of safety".
Wallethub then deduced the "weighted average of each city in all measures to calculate its overall score". Curious to see which cities make the top 10? Continue to read to discover some of the safest places in the United States
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10 Scottsdale, Arizona
Total score: 83.63
Home and Community Safety: 17
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 53
Financial security: 28
Scottsdale, Arizona is the first of the two cities of the state, which are both outside of Phoenix, to make the top 10.
Of the 182 cities that have been examined, Scottsdale Place 53 at risk of natural disaster, which slightly reduces their overall score. The category consists of the following measures: level of risk of earthquake, level of risk of flooding, level of risk of hail, level of risk of survors of hurricanes, level of risk of tornado and level of risk of fire of forest.
9 Burlington, Vermont
Total score: 83.70
Home and Community Safety: 28
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 37
Financial security: 10
Burlington, Vermont is remarkable for taking place in fifth place to have the lowest percentage of uninsured people.
At least 35% of their household revenues on housing, poverty rate, fraud and other complaints per capita, complaints per capita of identity theft, the share of non -banished households, the security of the employment, employment growth, share of households with an emergency economy, access to the pension plan and participation the rate, personal bankruptcy deposits per capita and the share of mortgages seriously sub Marines take into account financial security.
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8 Yonkers, New York
Total score: 83.76
Home and Community Safety: 4
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 39
Financial security: 122
Here you can decompose the details of the "safety and communities safety".
Yonkers, New York is part of Westchester County, where residents can easily reach New York.
Yonkers is fourth in the general home and community security classification, which includes the following measures: presence of terrorist attacks, number of mass shots, murders and no-negligent. Laws per capita, active firefighters per inhabitant, EMT and paramedical paramedics per capita, crimes of hatred per capita, share of sheltered home, perception of security, death per capita per capita, death per capita, pedestrian death per capita by capita and road quality.
Yonkers ranked on the list of Wallethub's safest cities for a few consecutive years, and they also consider it The happiest places where to live .
7 Casper, Wyoming
Total score: 83.92
Home and Community Safety: 27
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 20
Financial security: 11
Casper, Wyoming, classifies the seventhiest city in the United States, and it is the second most populous city in the state with just under 60,000 people.
For security reasons, the Casper police service recently implemented an online report program that allows residents of Report non -urgent incidents crime that meet certain criteria.
"One of the best things that people can do is know your local public security agencies," said Jonathan W. Gaddy , Deputy Professor Clinical of the Department of Emergency Services, internal security and emergency management program at Idaho State University. He adds that many police, fire and emergency medical services (EMS) offer citizen programs to educate the community on how they work and the challenges they face.
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6 Portland, Maine
Total score: 83.99 AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Home and Community Safety: 32
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 11
Financial security: 2
In addition to being a safe location, Portland, in Maine, offers a pleasant mixture of picturesque coastal views, charming small town and city life.
Portland ranked second in the overall and eleventh financial security of the risks of natural disaster. They also have one of the highest percentages of households with emergency savings.
5 Warwick, Rhode Island
Total score: 84.03
Home and Community Safety: 9
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 22
Financial security: 68
Warwick, Rhode Island is another place in New England that has put the list at the top. This City by the sea is full of historical sites, beaches and arts and cultural centers.
According to Wallethub, the city lands in the first five for the least assault per capita, which is essential in the home and community security category.
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4 Gilbert, Arizona
Total score: 84.24
Home and Community Safety: 10
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 14
Financial security: 56
Gilbert, the second city outside Phoenix on the list, went from an agricultural community to an economically healthy suburban center. Last year, they ranked seven on the Wallethub list.
The population of Gilbert approaches 300,000 people, and more than half of this community is made up of residents under 45 years old .
3 South Burlington, Vermont
Total score: 85.18
Home and Community Safety: 21
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 36
Financial security: 1
South Burlington, Vermont, a third place, a suburb of the Number-Nine City of Burlington. They are noted as a city with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and they obtained the number one ranking for financial security. South Burlington also has some of the lowest percentages of uninsured people.
But even if they are well classified on the list, according to Wallethub, South Burlington suffers from one of the highest rates of hatred crimes per capita.
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2 Columbia, Maryland
Total score: 85.97
Home and Community Safety: 1
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 63
Financial security: 85
After having previously owned first place, Columbia, Maryland is now the second safest city in the United States, it could be thanks to the fact that they ranked first for the safety of the house and the community. And with their proximity to larger poles like Baltimore and Washington D.C., it is easy to see the call.
1 Nashua, New Hampshire
Total score: 86
Home and Community Safety: 8
Natural risk in the event of a disaster: 27
Financial security: 8
Nashua, New Hampshire is the last of the five cities in New England to make the Top 10 and is the safest in the United States’s safest city in the United States.
Living in this city of 85,000 is a secure option for your physical well-being as well as for your financial security; According to the Wallethub report, the city has one of the lowest unemployment rates and ranks second to have the least assault per capita.
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