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Durham, NC · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Durham

Durham ranks #101 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 25 — Quiet. That puts it in the 25th percentile nationally and #3 of 6 in North Carolina.

safety score
25
Quiet
National rank
#101 of 134
In North Carolina
#3 of 6
Percentile
25th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Durham sits 25 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Durham

  1. T#99 Tulsa, OK 26
  2. T#99 Wilmington, DE 26
  3. #101 Durham, NC — this page 25
  4. #102 Anchorage, AK 24
  5. T#103 Cincinnati, OH 23

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Durham

Durham scores 64 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: