DENVER ( KDVR ) — While we’re constantly reading or hearing about violence happening around the country in the news, most of us don’t think it will happen close to home. There’s no way to avoid all danger, but some cities can help residents feel more secure than others.
A new study from WalletHub broke down exactly where the safest and least safe cities in America are located.
To find this, WalletHub compared almost 200 cities to determine where people feel the safest in the U.S. This study based safety on where Americans feel most “secure,” which includes factors like traffic deaths and assaults per capita to the unemployment rate and percentage of the uninsured population.
Here’s where they rank in safety across the country.
Most, least safe cities in the US
The list ranges from the safest city, South Burlington, Vermont, to the least safe city, Memphis, Tennessee, which sits at the bottom of the list at No. 182.
Sitting at the top just below South Burlington in the top five included Casper, Wyoming; Warwick, Rhode Island; Burlington, Vermont; and Boise, Idaho.