(NEXSTAR) – When it comes to you and your family’s safety, nothing can help you feel more at ease knowing that where you live is considered a ‘safe neighborhood.’ But what constitutes a ‘safe neighborhood’ exactly?
A new study from SmartAsset examined 360 different suburbs across the U.S. and looked at a variety of data that an average person would consider an unsafe area to live, including violent crime rates, property crime rates, excessive drinking, and more.
Landing at the top of the list was Lehi, Utah, with a population of a little over 81,000 people and located just south of Salt Lake City. Lehi is the only suburb in the entire study where the percentage of adults who excessively drink was below 10%. It also ranked relatively low for violent and property crime per capita…