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Juneau safest US city; New Orleans least safe
WalletHub ranked 182 American cities on crime, disasters and financial security. Juneau topped the list; New Orleans came last.
In brief
WalletHub ranked 182 American cities on crime, disasters and financial security. Juneau topped the list; New Orleans came last. WalletHub ranked 182 US cities across crime, natural disasters and financial safety. Juneau, Alaska ranked safest; New Orleans ranked least safe. Originally reported by Business Insider.
WalletHub's safety study
WalletHub compared one hundred eighty-two cities, including the one hundred fifty largest in the US plus at least two from every state, to rank safety.
Three safety categories
The ranking examined forty-one safety indicators across home and community safety, natural-disaster risk, and financial safety. Sources included the US Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Juneau ranks safest
Juneau, Alaska ranked safest overall. It ranked forty-sixth in home and community safety, fourth in financial safety, and first in natural-disaster risk.
Juneau's crime record
Juneau featured the lowest murder rate and lowest pedestrian fatality rate among all cities studied. There have been no recorded terrorist attacks or terrorist-related incidents in the past decade.
Juneau's disaster resilience
Juneau has the second-lowest risk of flooding and tornadoes. Financially, it has the twenty-first-lowest percentage of residents below the poverty line.
Warwick and Overland Park
Warwick, Rhode Island ranked second-safest overall. Overland Park, Kansas rounded out the top three. Overland Park had the nineteenth-lowest pedestrian fatality rate and fifteenth-lowest traffic fatality rate.
Top ten safest cities
Burlington and South Burlington, Vermont tied for third in natural-disaster risk.Virginia Beach, Virginia ranked twenty-second in home and community safety.Cedar Rapids, Iowa ranked tenth.Casper, Wyoming, Boise, Idaho, and Yonkers, New York completed the top ten.
St. Louis to Detroit
St.Louis, Missouri ranked one hundred seventy-seventh in home and community safety.Cleveland, Ohio ranked one hundred seventy-fifth overall.Houston, Texas ranked one hundred seventy-first in home and community safety.Jacksonville, Florida ranked one hundred seventy-seventh in natural-disaster risk.
Philadelphia to Baltimore
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ranked one hundred seventy-sixth in home and community safety.Memphis, Tennessee ranked one hundred seventy-ninth in home and community safety and one hundred eighty-first in financial safety.
Baton Rouge and New Orleans
Baton Rouge, Louisiana ranked one hundred eighty-first overall for home and community safety. New Orleans, Louisiana ranked least safe among all one hundred eighty-two cities studied, ranking one hundred eighty-second in home and community safety…
New Orleans' natural disaster risk
As a hurricane-prone city, New Orleans ranked better in natural-disaster risk, coming in at one hundred fourth. Its low ranking overall reflects poor home and community safety and financial security scores.
What to remember
WalletHub ranked 182 US cities across crime, natural disasters and financial safety. Juneau, Alaska ranked safest; New Orleans ranked least safe.
