Despite FBI reports that crime across the US is declining, many Americans still feel that crime is on the rise. In fact, around 6 out of 10 (61%) respondents to our annual State of Safety survey said they believe crime is increasing—and less than half (48%) said they felt safe in their home state in 2024.
But plenty of cities remain relatively immune to crime trends and headlines that often plague America’s larger metro areas. The 100 cities and towns that made our list this year reported drastically lower per-capita crime rates than nationwide averages, collectively coming in at 0.2 incidents per 1,000 people (on average) for violent crime and a collective average of 2.4 incidents per 1,000 for property crime.
Comparatively, the US violent crime rate, as calculated by our data analyst, is 3.6 incidents per 1,000 people, while the property crime rate is 19.1 incidents per 1,000.
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