TOP 10 safest States in the US

Very often it seems that in the neighbor’s yard, the grass is greener. However, when it comes to safety assessment, in the neighboring state, the situation might actually be better.

The online U.S. News has created a ranking of the safest States in the US, the basis for which was such a criterion, as «public safety«, which plays an important role in the rankings of States with the lowest crime rate (it is given as much as 50% in the calculations). In determining the degree of public safety estimated the level of violent and property crimes in each state (for a given rating, analysts used the data published by the FBI in 2015).

Despite the fact that over the past two years in large cities such as Chicago and San Diego, there was a sharp increase in the number of murders, General crime crime and the level of property crimes in these regions are not much higher than historical lows.

TOP 10 safest States in the USNeddick Lighthouse, Maine

Vermont takes first place for public safety, due to the fact that there occurs the least, both violent and property crimes. New Mexicois on the 50th position in the list of most safe States. A large part of the last 10 States of the list are in the South, and half of the top ten located in New England.

In the TOP 10 safest States were:

  • Vermont
  • Man,
  • New Hampshire,
  • Idaho
  • New Jersey
  • Virginia
  • Connecticut,
  • Wyoming
  • Rhode Island,
  • Kentucky.
  • According to government data, the level of property crime amounted to 487 2 (number of crimes) per 100,000 population in 2015. The lowest indicators this parameter can boast in the northeastern region of the United States and New England. The worst things in the South-West, where there was 2916 crimes per 100,000 residents. Vermont took first place in the statistics: there was 1 407 crimes per 100,000 residents. Hawaii is located at the 50th place in 3796 crimes per 100,000 residents.

    TOP 10 safest States in the USJenne Farm, Vermont.

    When it comes to talking about the violent crimes, the calculations take into account the number of murders (normal and manslaughter), robbery, aggravated assaults and rapes (including attempted rape).

    In Vermont in 2015, the 100,000 residents of the state occurred at about 118 violent crimes. Among the leaders with the lowest level of violent crime also includes the States of Maine, new Hampshire and Connecticut. For comparison, Alaska, which occupied 50-e a place, per 100,000 inhabitants occurred about 730 violent crimes.

    TOP 10 safest States in the USConcord, New Hampshire

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