When people are deciding where to settle to start a career, raise a family, or retire, one of their top considerations is crime rates, especially violent and property crime. While we hear a lot about crime in large cities, we don’t hear so much about places with low crime rates that also offer a high quality of living. Based on recent statistics, these are the 5 safest cities in the U.S. for 2025-2026.
Johns Creek, Georgia
Located in Fulton County, northeast of Atlanta, the small city of Johns Creek is currently rated the safest city in the country to live in. With a population of a little over 79,000, it’s big enough to have a broad range of modern amenities while not feeling like the proverbial big city.
The median household income is $165,000, and the median home value is $587,000, both of which are above the national median, so Johns Creek isn’t an inexpensive place to live, but the high quality of life makes it an attractive location to settle in. Just make sure you’re okay with warm, humid weather; Georgia is known for mild winters and long, hot, and humid summers.
Centreville, Virginia
Home to about 71,000 people, Centreville, once a sleepy rural community, is now a bustling suburb in the Washington, D.C. area. The median household income is $146,000, and the median home value is almost $600,000, rendering it, like Johns Creek, above the national average.
Expect hot, humid summers and mild-to-cool winters, often featuring severe cold snaps and a major snowstorm or two. The city is within Fairfax County, which has one of the best public school systems in the nation, and many families move to the county precisely for that reason…