The safest and most hazardous cities

Wallet Hub - To determine where Americans can feel most protected from life’s hazards, including nonphysical forms of danger, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 41 key metrics. The data set covers factors ranging from traffic fatalities and assaults per capita to the unemployment rate and the percentage of the population that is uninsured.
 

Safest Cities in America		Least Safe Cities in America
1. Juneau, AK		173. St. Louis, MO
2. Warwick, RI		174. Cleveland, OH
3. Overland Park, KS		175. Houston, TX
4. Burlington, VT		176. Jacksonville, FL
5. South Burlington, VT		177. Detroit, MI
6. Virginia Beach, VA		178. Philadelphia, PA
7. Cedar Rapids, IA		179. Memphis, TN
8. Casper, WY		180. Baltimore, MD
9. Boise, ID		181. Baton Rouge, LA
10. Yonkers, NY		182. New Orleans, LA

Safest vs. Least Safe

• Pembroke Pines, Florida, has the fewest aggravated assault incidents (per 100,000 residents), which is 51.7 times fewer than in Memphis, Tennessee, the city with the most.
   
• Port St. Lucie, Florida, has the fewest thefts (per 1,000 residents), which is 9.2 times fewer than in Dover, Delaware, the city with the most.
   
• New York City, has the most law-enforcement employees (per 100,000 residents), which is 4.9 times more than in Irvine, California, the city with the fewest.
   
• Plano, Texas, has among the fewest pedestrian fatalities (per 100,000 residents), which is 25.4 times fewer than in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the city with the most.

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