CityFunIndex

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The safest cities in America

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by safety — from the least reported crime to the most. The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure, so a calmer, lower-crime city rises to the top.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
100
Average
51

Pillar scores are national percentile ranks on a saturation curve, so the leader of every category lands near the same ceiling — the ranks beneath are still distinct. See how scoring works →

Jackson (100) leads, ahead of Gilbert (99) and Boise (98). Las Vegas anchors the bottom at 7 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read 3 of the top 10 here are from California — the most of any single state.

All 134 cities, coloured by safety score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.

  • Quiet
  • Some Fun
  • Fun
  • Very Fun
  • Exceptional

Score spread across all 134 cities

  • Quiet 40
  • Some Fun 26
  • Fun 27
  • Very Fun 20
  • Exceptional 21
  1. 1st 100 Jackson, WY Fun Score 87
  2. 2nd 99 Gilbert, AZ Fun Score 31
  3. T-3rd 98 Boise, ID Fun Score 80
  4. T-3rd 98 Santa Clarita, CA Fun Score 30

Ranked 5–134

  1. #5 97 Irvine, CA Fun Score 57
  2. #6 96 Plano, TX Fun Score 40
  3. T#7 95 Napa, CA Fun Score 52
  4. T#7 95 Chandler, AZ Fun Score 41
  5. #9 94 Tampa, FL Fun Score 70
  6. #10 93 Telluride, CO Fun Score 77
  7. T#11 92 Laredo, TX Fun Score 10
  8. T#11 92 Bridgeport, CT Fun Score 41
  9. #13 91 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49
  10. #14 90 Bend, OR Fun Score 80
  11. T#15 89 Hialeah, FL Fun Score 18
  12. T#15 89 El Paso, TX Fun Score 21
  13. #17 88 Sedona, AZ Fun Score 55
  14. #18 87 Santa Ana, CA Fun Score 32
  15. T#19 86 Mesa, AZ Fun Score 36
  16. T#19 86 Jackson, MS Fun Score 25
  17. #21 85 Chesapeake, VA Fun Score 44
  18. #22 84 Henderson, NV Fun Score 13
  19. T#23 83 Manchester, NH Fun Score 55
  20. T#23 83 Fremont, CA Fun Score 54
  21. #25 82 Garland, TX Fun Score 0
  22. #26 81 Providence, RI Fun Score 78
  23. T#27 80 Scottsdale, AZ Fun Score 46
  24. T#27 80 San Diego, CA Fun Score 74
  25. #29 79 Charleston, SC Fun Score 87
  26. #30 78 Irving, TX Fun Score 20
  27. T#31 77 Park City, UT Fun Score 74
  28. T#31 77 North Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 4
  29. #33 76 Madison, WI Fun Score 97
  30. #34 75 Fort Wayne, IN Fun Score 49
  31. T#35 74 Portland, ME Fun Score 100
  32. T#35 74 Bismarck, ND Fun Score 26
  33. #37 73 Santa Barbara, CA Fun Score 83
  34. #38 72 Anaheim, CA Fun Score 41
  35. T#39 71 Lexington, KY Fun Score 69
  36. T#39 71 Newark, NJ Fun Score 36
  37. #41 70 Lincoln, NE Fun Score 74
  38. #42 69 Jersey City, NJ Fun Score 43
  39. T#43 68 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  40. T#43 68 Tucson, AZ Fun Score 47
  41. #45 67 Arlington, TX Fun Score 17
  42. #46 66 Boston, MA Fun Score 98
  43. T#47 65 Key West, FL Fun Score 71
  44. T#47 65 St. Petersburg, FL Fun Score 46
  45. #49 64 Sioux Falls, SD Fun Score 40
  46. #50 63 Hartford, CT Fun Score 64
  47. T#51 62 Riverside, CA Fun Score 21
  48. T#51 62 Fort Worth, TX Fun Score 18
  49. #53 61 Jacksonville, FL Fun Score 19
  50. #54 60 Boulder, CO Fun Score 77
  51. T#55 59 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 71
  52. T#55 59 Bakersfield, CA Fun Score 0
  53. #57 58 Phoenix, AZ Fun Score 40
  54. #58 57 Miami, FL Fun Score 55
  55. T#59 56 Raleigh, NC Fun Score 64
  56. T#59 56 Pittsburgh, PA Fun Score 94
  57. #61 55 Glendale, AZ Fun Score 10
  58. #62 54 San Jose, CA Fun Score 62
  59. T#63 53 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 38
  60. T#63 53 New York, NY Fun Score 54
  61. #65 52 Columbus, OH Fun Score 60
  62. #66 51 Reno, NV Fun Score 66
  63. T#67 50 Hilton Head Island, SC Placeholder
  64. T#67 50 Savannah, GA Placeholder
  65. #69 49 Sacramento, CA Fun Score 54
  66. #70 48 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 31
  67. T#71 47 Omaha, NE Fun Score 68
  68. T#71 47 Lubbock, TX Fun Score 32
  69. #73 46 Saint Paul, MN Fun Score 64
  70. #74 45 Toledo, OH Fun Score 45
  71. T#75 44 Fresno, CA Fun Score 23
  72. T#75 44 Billings, MT Fun Score 60
  73. #77 43 Aurora, CO Fun Score 37
  74. #78 42 Chicago, IL Fun Score 56
  75. T#79 41 Stockton, CA Fun Score 2
  76. T#79 41 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 96
  77. #81 40 Oklahoma City, OK Fun Score 25
  78. #82 39 Des Moines, IA Fun Score 74
  79. T#83 38 Montgomery, AL Fun Score 41
  80. T#83 38 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63
  81. #85 37 Milwaukee, WI Fun Score 70
  82. #86 36 Norfolk, VA Fun Score 56
  83. T#87 35 Corpus Christi, TX Fun Score 20
  84. T#87 35 Austin, TX Fun Score 67
  85. #89 34 Indianapolis, IN Fun Score 48
  86. #90 33 Dallas, TX Fun Score 38
  87. T#91 32 Colorado Springs, CO Fun Score 51
  88. T#91 32 Fargo, ND Fun Score 48
  89. #93 31 Winston-Salem, NC Fun Score 32
  90. #94 30 Richmond, VA Fun Score 91
  91. T#95 29 Washington, DC Fun Score 93
  92. T#95 29 Charleston, WV Fun Score 61
  93. #97 28 Atlanta, GA Fun Score 88
  94. #98 27 Buffalo, NY Fun Score 77
  95. T#99 26 Wilmington, DE Fun Score 50
  96. T#99 26 Tulsa, OK Fun Score 51
  97. #101 25 Durham, NC Fun Score 64
  98. #102 24 Anchorage, AK Fun Score 36
  99. T#103 23 Greensboro, NC Fun Score 59
  100. T#103 23 Cincinnati, OH Fun Score 92
  101. #105 22 Louisville, KY Fun Score 55
  102. #106 21 Burlington, VT Fun Score 73
  103. T#107 20 Charlotte, NC Fun Score 54
  104. T#107 20 San Antonio, TX Fun Score 22
  105. #109 19 Honolulu, HI Fun Score 86
  106. #110 18 Orlando, FL Fun Score 65
  107. T#111 17 Houston, TX Fun Score 41
  108. T#111 17 Spokane, WA Fun Score 63
  109. T#113 16 Albuquerque, NM Fun Score 41
  110. T#113 16 Nashville, TN Fun Score 60
  111. #115 15 Stowe, VT Fun Score 44
  112. T#116 14 Denver, CO Fun Score 82
  113. T#116 14 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45
  114. T#118 13 Asheville, NC Fun Score 85
  115. T#118 13 Baltimore, MD Fun Score 76
  116. T#120 12 Cleveland, OH Fun Score 77
  117. T#120 12 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  118. T#120 12 Kansas City, MO Fun Score 65
  119. T#123 11 Little Rock, AR Fun Score 47
  120. T#123 11 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 84
  121. T#125 10 Birmingham, AL Fun Score 58
  122. T#125 10 Detroit, MI Fun Score 45
  123. T#125 10 Portland, OR Fun Score 81
  124. T#128 9 Wichita, KS Fun Score 15
  125. T#128 9 St. Louis, MO Fun Score 65
  126. T#128 9 New Orleans, LA Fun Score 64
  127. T#131 8 Baton Rouge, LA Fun Score 28
  128. T#131 8 Memphis, TN Fun Score 14
  129. T#131 8 Oakland, CA Fun Score 61
  130. #134 7 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 35

2 of 134 cities have no crime measurement, so they sit at the median (50) as a placeholder — flagged above and not a measured rank. The composite Fun Score renormalises around the gap, so it is unaffected.

The safety score flips a city's crime score — 100 minus it — drawn from FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.