North Carolina is home to one of the nation’s safest places to live, new rankings show.
Cary, just west of Raleigh, is No. 6 on a list of cities boasting lower crime rates and crime-related costs, according to results from the financial website MoneyGeek.
“The direct economic costs of crime to individuals and society include victim medical and mental health care needs, damage to and loss of property and police and corrections costs,” the website wrote in its report, last updated Dec. 18. “Aside from the imminent danger of crime, people living in higher crime areas see depressed home values and pay higher prices for crucial needs, including home insurance, renters insurance and auto insurance.”
To create the list, MoneyGeek said it studied FBI data from 2023, the latest time period available. It focused on nearly 300 cities across the country, each home to more than 100,000 residents.
Why was Cary named a safe city?
The town of Cary , with a population of about 180,000 people, was the only North Carolina destination to rank in the top 10. It has the state’s lowest crime cost per capita at $381, results show.