("Metro" includes suburbs and other surrounding areas whereas "City" is limited to the city limits of the named city)
| Most Dangerous Order | Safest |
Metro Area |
Score |
2000 Population |
| 1 | 254 | Pine Bluff, AR | 147.53 | 84,649 |
| 2 | 253 | Memphis, TN-AR-MS | 122.39 | 1,146,007 |
| 3 | 252 | Miami, FL | 108.29 | 2,301,055 |
| 4 | 251 | New Orleans, LA | 92.14 | 1,334,426 |
| 5 | 250 | Baltimore, MD | 71.53 | 2,551,398 |
| 6 | 249 | Albuquerque, NM | 69.13 | 709,724 |
| 7 | 248 | Savannah, GA | 68.91 | 303,173 |
| 8 | 247 | Tallahassee, FL | 62.69 | 274,992 |
| 9 | 246 | Tucson, AZ | 62.01 | 862,868 |
| 10 | 245 | Flint, MI | 59.93 | 440,593 |
| 11 | 244 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 59.30 | 386,047 |
| 12 | 243 | Detroit, MI | 58.62 | 4,510,292 |
| 13 | 242 | Gainesville, FL | 58.20 | 209,926 |
| 14 | 241 | Montgomery, AL | 55.41 | 328,585 |
| 15 | 240 | Jacksonville, FL | 55.09 | 1,117,228 |
| 16 | 239 | Nashville, TN | 54.60 | 1,214,116 |
| 17 | 238 | Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA | 54.42 | 9,534,500 |
| 18 | 237 | Jackson, TN | 52.74 | 105,401 |
| 19 | 236 | Lubbock, TX | 50.31 | 236,476 |
| 20 | 235 | Monroe, LA | 50.17 | 149,924 |
| 21 | 234 | Alexandria, LA | 47.77 | 129,586 |
| 23 | 232 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 47.46 | 164,210 |
| 23 | 232 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL | 47.46 | 1,109,917 |
| 24 | 231 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 46.90 | 2,409,501 |
| 25 | 230 | Dallas, TX | 46.89 | 3,412,490 |
| 26 | 229 | Las Vegas, NV-AZ | 44.25 | 1,521,236 |
| 27 | 228 | Tacoma, WA | 43.26 | 705,861 |
| 28 | 227 | Waco, TX | 42.96 | 212,474 |
| 29 | 226 | Greenville, NC | 42.75 | 132,196 |
| 30 | 225 | Fresno, CA | 42.49 | 899,114 |
| 31 | 224 | Orlando, FL | 42.32 | 1,623,494 |
| 32 | 223 | Auburn-Opelika, AL | 41.99 | 103,970 |
| 33 | 222 | Phoenix-Mesa, AZ | 40.99 | 3,235,892 |
| 34 | 221 | Anniston, AL | 40.51 | 118,406 |
| 35 | 220 | Florence, SC | 39.88 | 129,299 |
| 36 | 219 | Lake Charles, LA | 39.54 | 184,612 |
| 37 | 218 | Houston, TX | 39.42 | 4,172,584 |
| 38 | 217 | Fayetteville, NC | 39.23 | 298,425 |
| 39 | 216 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 38.15 | 471,030 |
| 40 | 215 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 36.15 | 575,528 |
| 41 | 214 | Birmingham, AL | 34.36 | 917,976 |
| 42 | 213 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 34.07 | 483,712 |
| 43 | 212 | Wilmington, NC | 32.65 | 233,678 |
| 44 | 211 | Mobile, AL | 31.96 | 544,937 |
| 45 | 210 | New York, NY | 28.41 | 9,111,706 |
| 46 | 209 | Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 28.19 | 585,808 |
| 47 | 208 | Columbia, SC | 27.97 | 533,482 |
| 48 | 207 | Jersey City, NJ | 27.63 | 571,212 |
| 49 | 206 | Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI | 25.42 | 450,549 |
| 50 | 205 | Amarillo, TX | 24.82 | 217,100 |
| 51 | 204 | Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL | 23.62 | 423,632 |
| 53 | 202 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 21.78 | 391,417 |
| 53 | 202 | Philadelphia, PA-NJ | 21.78 | 5,079,925 |
| 54 | 201 | Oakland, CA | 20.85 | 2,400,206 |
| 55 | 200 | Tulsa, OK | 20.81 | 807,838 |
| 56 | 199 | Macon, GA | 20.01 | 338,029 |
| 57 | 198 | Rocky Mount, NC | 19.90 | 155,129 |
| 58 | 197 | Corpus Christi, TX | 19.43 | 402,704 |
| 59 | 196 | Daytona Beach, FL | 17.67 | 502,077 |
| 60 | 195 | Lawton, OK | 17.52 | 109,561 |
| 61 | 194 | Oklahoma City, OK | 17.48 | 1,075,023 |
| 62 | 193 | Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | 16.15 | 3,252,772 |
| 63 | 192 | Newark, NJ | 16.08 | 2,019,704 |
| 64 | 191 | Modesto, CA | 15.41 | 446,364 |
| 65 | 190 | Ocala, FL | 15.27 | 260,155 |
| 66 | 189 | Omaha, NE-IA | 15.15 | 717,211 |
| 67 | 188 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 15.04 | 1,480,190 |
| 68 | 187 | Richmond-Petersburg, VA | 14.77 | 990,177 |
| 69 | 186 | South Bend, IN | 14.32 | 264,522 |
| 70 | 185 | Anchorage, AK | 13.91 | 260,900 |
| 71 | 184 | Naples, FL | 13.79 | 218,964 |
| 72 | 183 | Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS | 13.32 | 362,905 |
| 73 | 182 | Columbus, GA-AL | 12.98 | 286,403 |
| 74 | 181 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA | 12.89 | 2,375,924 |
| 75 | 180 | Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA | 12.50 | 366,328 |
| 76 | 179 | Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Pt, NC | 12.18 | 1,241,582 |
| 77 | 178 | Longview-Marshall, TX | 11.37 | 220,781 |
| 78 | 177 | Albany, GA | 11.01 | 123,424 |
| 79 | 176 | Benton Harbor, MI | 10.84 | 160,918 |
| 80 | 175 | San Antonio, TX | 10.80 | 1,628,009 |
| 81 | 174 | Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ | 10.30 | 144,774 |
| 82 | 173 | Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 10.25 | 1,162,356 |
| 83 | 172 | Trenton, NJ | 10.19 | 344,969 |
| 84 | 171 | Dayton-Springfield, OH | 10.09 | 967,456 |
| 85 | 170 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 9.70 | 1,623,985 |
| 86 | 169 | Yakima, WA | 9.48 | 225,086 |
| 87 | 168 | Bryan-College Station, TX | 9.01 | 139,621 |
| 88 | 167 | Panama City, FL | 8.70 | 156,487 |
| 89 | 166 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 8.58 | 1,694,349 |
| 90 | 165 | Santa Fe, NM | 8.04 | 153,742 |
| 91 | 164 | Texarkana, TX-AR | 7.59 | 128,134 |
| 92 | 163 | Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL | 6.40 | 317,259 |
| 93 | 162 | Pueblo, CO | 5.00 | 145,266 |
| 94 | 161 | Bridgeport, CT | 4.80 | 448,022 |
| 95 | 160 | Salinas, CA | 4.76 | 379,905 |
| 96 | 159 | Dothan, AL | 4.00 | 136,601 |
| 97 | 158 | Toledo, OH | 3.63 | 614,196 |
| 98 | 157 | Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 2.59 | 581,788 |
| 99 | 156 | Goldsboro, NC | 0.29 | 117,530 |
| 100 | 155 | Merced, CA | (0.42) | 205,146 |
| 101 | 154 | Laredo, TX | (0.56) | 200,964 |
| 102 | 153 | Knoxville, TN | (0.98) | 673,354 |
| 103 | 152 | San Francisco, CA | (1.02) | 1,722,596 |
| 104 | 151 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | (1.37) | 556,461 |
| 105 | 150 | New Bedford, MA | (1.84) | 181,368 |
| 106 | 149 | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI | (1.85) | 403,787 |
| 107 | 148 | Bakersfield, CA | (2.24) | 656,578 |
| 108 | 147 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN | (2.69) | 178,724 |
| 109 | 146 | Lafayette, LA | (2.76) | 385,303 |
| 110 | 145 | Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV | (3.08) | 4,904,313 |
| 111 | 144 | Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA | (3.10) | 517,791 |
| 112 | 143 | Bremerton, WA | (3.24) | 242,221 |
| 113 | 142 | Spokane, WA | (3.73) | 419,542 |
| 114 | 141 | Wichita Falls, TX | (3.95) | 141,993 |
| 115 | 140 | Denver, CO | (4.37) | 2,081,475 |
| 116 | 139 | Yuba City, CA | (4.40) | 141,056 |
| 117 | 138 | Rapid City, SD | (4.99) | 90,726 |
| 118 | 137 | Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA | (6.53) | 1,905,235 |
| 119 | 136 | Reno, NV | (6.65) | 353,226 |
| 120 | 135 | Reading, PA | (7.22) | 366,784 |
| 121 | 134 | Tyler, TX | (7.47) | 176,396 |
| 122 | 133 | San Diego, CA | (8.58) | 2,882,676 |
| 123 | 132 | Victoria, TX | (8.71) | 85,395 |
| 124 | 131 | Redding, CA | (8.77) | 168,136 |
| 125 | 130 | Jackson, MI | (9.33) | 158,462 |
| 126 | 129 | San Angelo, TX | (9.85) | 106,422 |
| 127 | 128 | Lima, OH | (10.15) | 155,607 |
| 128 | 127 | El Paso, TX | (10.39) | 730,191 |
| 129 | 126 | Atlantic City-Cape May, NJ | (11.05) | 348,869 |
| 130 | 125 | Colorado Springs, CO | (11.16) | 530,211 |
| 131 | 124 | Chico-Paradise, CA | (11.34) | 199,499 |
| 132 | 123 | Austin-San Marcos, TX | (12.33) | 1,192,230 |
| 133 | 122 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | (12.63) | 454,201 |
| 134 | 121 | Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT | (12.73) | 1,336,937 |
| 135 | 120 | Sioux City, IA-NE | (12.81) | 123,109 |
| 136 | 119 | New Haven-Meriden, CT | (13.17) | 531,562 |
| 137 | 118 | Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX | (13.39) | 339,950 |
| 138 | 117 | Casper, WY | (14.72) | 65,024 |
| 139 | 116 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | (14.78) | 1,193,158 |
| 140 | 115 | Athens, GA | (14.86) | 147,546 |
| 141 | 114 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | (15.14) | 1,005,499 |
| 142 | 113 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI | (15.47) | 2,959,367 |
| 143 | 112 | Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI | (15.93) | 1,060,056 |
| 144 | 111 | Jacksonville, NC | (17.04) | 149,902 |
| 145 | 110 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | (17.34) | 122,338 |
| 146 | 109 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | (17.37) | 324,895 |
| 147 | 108 | Honolulu, HI | (18.15) | 883,621 |
| 148 | 107 | Lincoln, NE | (18.37) | 244,110 |
| 149 | 106 | Worcester, MA-CT | (18.46) | 503,378 |
| 150 | 105 | Odessa-Midland, TX | (19.11) | 251,999 |
| 151 | 104 | Brockton, MA | (19.13) | 260,688 |
| 152 | 103 | Hamilton-Middletown, OH | (19.57) | 334,380 |
| 153 | 102 | Houma, LA | (19.69) | 198,906 |
| 154 | 101 | Killeen-Temple, TX | (19.84) | 308,256 |
| 155 | 100 | Fitchburg-Leominster, MA | (20.71) | 146,637 |
| 156 | 99 | Huntsville, AL | (20.82) | 348,233 |
| 157 | 98 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | (20.88) | 250,576 |
| 158 | 97 | Columbia, MO | (21.10) | 133,199 |
| 159 | 96 | Springfield, MO | (21.50) | 342,924 |
| 160 | 95 | Salem, OR | (21.71) | 345,793 |
| 161 | 94 | Bellingham, WA | (22.50) | 164,147 |
| 162 | 93 | Olympia, WA | (22.72) | 210,376 |
| 163 | 92 | Jonesboro, AR | (23.76) | 81,383 |
| 164 | 91 | Racine, WI | (23.90) | 189,783 |
| 165 | 90 | Greeley, CO | (24.57) | 176,188 |
| 166 | 89 | Asheville, NC | (24.61) | 226,389 |
| 167 | 88 | Hartford, CT | (25.56) | 974,139 |
| 168 | 87 | Flagstaff, AZ-UT | (25.80) | 126,205 |
| 169 | 86 | Fort Walton Beach, FL | (26.35) | 179,852 |
| 170 | 85 | Fort Wayne, IN | (26.72) | 495,533 |
| 171 | 84 | Enid, OK | (27.25) | 58,525 |
| 172 | 83 | Abilene, TX | (29.08) | 127,413 |
| 173 | 82 | Grand Forks, ND-MN | (29.31) | 97,260 |
| 174 | 81 | Sherman-Denison, TX | (30.05) | 107,908 |
| 175 | 80 | Joplin, MO | (31.00) | 153,460 |
| 176 | 79 | Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC | (31.19) | 342,793 |
| 177 | 78 | Cumberland, MD-WV | (32.06) | 99,970 |
| 178 | 77 | Lawrence, MA-NH | (32.56) | 353,987 |
| 179 | 76 | Charlottesville, VA | (33.36) | 155,792 |
| 180 | 75 | Rochester, NY | (34.43) | 1,123,264 |
| 181 | 74 | Santa Rosa, CA | (34.57) | 449,614 |
| 182 | 73 | Des Moines, IA | (35.55) | 452,291 |
| 183 | 72 | New London-Norwich, CT-RI | (35.78) | 199,914 |
| 184 | 71 | Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA | (36.17) | 189,045 |
| 185 | 70 | Sioux Falls, SD | (36.67) | 170,559 |
| 186 | 69 | San Jose, CA | (36.84) | 1,683,530 |
| 187 | 68 | Hagerstown, MD | (37.06) | 130,876 |
| 188 | 67 | Pittsburgh, PA | (38.03) | 2,398,928 |
| 189 | 66 | Iowa City, IA | (38.13) | 105,872 |
| 190 | 65 | Brazoria, TX | (38.45) | 243,744 |
| 191 | 64 | Cheyenne, WY | (38.90) | 81,207 |
| 192 | 63 | Boise, ID | (39.04) | 421,612 |
| 193 | 62 | Kokomo, IN | (39.36) | 102,701 |
| 194 | 61 | Orange County, CA | (39.83) | 2,821,467 |
| 195 | 60 | Ann Arbor, MI | (40.41) | 558,168 |
| 196 | 59 | Lowell, MA-NH | (40.55) | 305,570 |
| 197 | 58 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | (41.32) | 906,739 |
| 198 | 57 | Utica-Rome, NY | (41.62) | 303,430 |
| 199 | 56 | Mansfield, OH | (41.99) | 178,121 |
| 200 | 55 | Erie, PA | (42.36) | 283,622 |
| 201 | 54 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA | (42.66) | 633,148 |
| 202 | 53 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | (42.75) | 298,649 |
| 203 | 52 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | (42.89) | 251,163 |
| 204 | 51 | Medford-Ashland, OR | (43.14) | 181,402 |
| 205 | 50 | Janesville-Beloit, WI | (43.27) | 154,380 |
| 206 | 49 | Grand Junction, CO | (43.45) | 122,106 |
| 207 | 48 | Syracuse, NY | (43.51) | 764,649 |
| 208 | 47 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA | (43.91) | 399,643 |
| 209 | 46 | Ventura, CA | (44.67) | 761,394 |
| 210 | 45 | Lewiston-Auburn, ME | (45.26) | 103,107 |
| 211 | 44 | Kenosha, WI | (45.36) | 149,470 |
| 212 | 43 | Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME | (46.21) | 275,841 |
| 213 | 42 | Lynchburg, VA | (46.43) | 215,082 |
| 214 | 41 | Bloomington, IN | (46.65) | 119,630 |
| 215 | 40 | San Luis Obispo-Atascadero, CA | (46.94) | 242,147 |
| 216 | 39 | Manchester, NH | (47.08) | 195,823 |
| 217 | 38 | Rochester, MN | (47.45) | 122,667 |
| 218 | 37 | Corvallis, OR | (48.49) | 79,642 |
| 219 | 36 | St. Joseph, MO | (48.66) | 99,476 |
| 220 | 35 | Lancaster, PA | (48.94) | 465,557 |
| 221 | 34 | Cedar Rapids, IA | (49.78) | 188,558 |
| 222 | 33 | Bergen-Passaic, NJ | (49.90) | 1,386,769 |
| 223 | 32 | Madison, WI | (50.92) | 430,092 |
| 224 | 31 | Altoona, PA | (50.96) | 132,942 |
| 225 | 30 | Burlington, VT | (51.86) | 154,137 |
| 226 | 29 | Portland, ME | (53.49) | 250,491 |
| 227 | 28 | Jamestown, NY | (54.26) | 143,321 |
| 228 | 27 | Newburgh, NY-PA | (55.38) | 390,869 |
| 229 | 26 | Dubuque, IA | (55.78) | 89,965 |
| 230 | 25 | Lafayette, IN | (55.93) | 179,500 |
| 231 | 24 | Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN | (56.31) | 173,276 |
| 232 | 23 | Pocatello, ID | (56.70) | 77,409 |
| 233 | 22 | Punta Gorda, FL | (57.26) | 144,889 |
| 234 | 21 | Green Bay, WI | (57.68) | 216,379 |
| 235 | 20 | St. Cloud, MN | (57.98) | 169,885 |
| 236 | 19 | Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ | (60.59) | 1,168,208 |
| 237 | 18 | Dutchess County, NY | (60.95) | 279,733 |
| 238 | 17 | York, PA | (61.58) | 385,598 |
| 239 | 16 | Florence, AL | (62.31) | 139,298 |
| 240 | 15 | Bangor, ME | (62.60) | 69,368 |
| 241 | 14 | Provo-Orem, UT | (62.86) | 363,832 |
| 242 | 13 | Eau Claire, WI | (63.94) | 147,578 |
| 243 | 12 | Glens Falls, NY | (64.11) | 126,792 |
| 244 | 11 | Pittsfield, MA | (64.31) | 97,984 |
| 245 | 10 | Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | (64.47) | 1,145,873 |
| 246 | 9 | Johnstown, PA | (64.89) | 239,389 |
| 247 | 8 | State College, PA | (65.42) | 135,354 |
| 248 | 7 | Binghamton, NY | (66.35) | 259,043 |
| 249 | 6 | Sheboygan, WI | (66.85) | 112,511 |
| 250 | 5 | La Crosse, WI-MN | (68.68) | 124,724 |
| 251 | 4 | Danbury, CT | (70.46) | 178,345 |
| 252 | 3 | Bismarck, ND | (72.73) | 93,177 |
| 253 | 2 | Wausau, WI | (73.23) | 145,973 |
| 254 | 1 | Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | (75.08) | 353,669 |