The Safest and Most Dangerous US Cities

Posted on October 31, 2006 
Filed Under Top 10

Here’s an interesting bit of information that may be of use if you are thinking about moving anytime soon. I was surprised to see North Charleston, SC, a city that I grew up near, at number 20 on the overall list of most dangerous places. Just below DC. Impressive.

OVERALL: (371 cities)

SAFEST 25:

MOST DANGEROUS 25:
1 Brick Township, NJ 1 St. Louis, MO
2 Amherst, NY 2 Detroit, MI
3 Mission Viejo, CA 3 Flint, MI
4 Newton, MA 4 Compton, CA
5 Troy, MI 5 Camden, NJ
6 Colonie, NY 6 Birmingham, AL
7 Irvine, CA 7 Cleveland, OH
8 Cary, NC 8 Oakland, CA
9 Greece, NY 9 Youngstown, OH
10 Coral Springs, FL 10 Gary, IN
11 Thousand Oaks, CA 11 Richmond, CA
12 Orem, UT 12 Baltimore, MD
13 Round Rock, TX 13 Memphis, TN
14 Dover, NJ 14 Trenton, NJ
15 Lake Forest, CA 15 Richmond, VA
16 Sterling Heights, MI 16 Kansas City, MO
17 Simi Valley, CA 17 Atlanta, GA
18 Roswell, GA 18 Cincinnati, OH
19 Lee’s Summit, MO 19 Washington, DC
20 Broken Arrow, OK 20 North Charleston, SC
21 Chino Hills, CA 21 Reading, PA
22 Gilbert, AZ 22 Newark, NJ
23 Edison Township, NJ 23 Little Rock, AR
24 Cranston, RI 24 San Bernardino, CA
25 Port St. Lucie, FL 25 Orlando, FL
Big Cities (Pop. over 500,000)

Safest 10:

Most Dangerous 10:
1 San Jose, CA 1 Detroit, MI
2 Honolulu, HI 2 Baltimore, MD
3 El Paso, TX 3 Memphis, TN
4 New York, NY 4 Washington, DC
5 Austin, TX 5 Philadelphia, PA
6 San Diego, CA 6 Dallas, TX
7 San Antonio, TX 7 Nashville, TN
8 Louisville, KY 8 Charlotte, NC
9 Fort Worth, TX 9 Columbus, OH
10 Jacksonville, FL 10 Houston, TX

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