100 Safest Cities in America 2010

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Congratulations to the following cities for being named the 100 Safest Cities in the United States!*


  1. 01. San Jose, CA
  2. 02. Tucson, AZ
  3. 03. Plano, TX
  4. 04. Glendale, CA
  5. 05. Gilbert, AZ
  6. 06. Jacksonville, FL
  7. 07. Honolulu, HI
  8. 08. Lexington, KY
  9. 09. Santa Ana, CA
  10. 10. Oklahoma City, OK
  11. 11. Anchorage, AK
  12. 12. Omaha, NE
  13. 13. Fremont, CA
  14. 14. Colorado Springs, CO
  15. 15. New York, NY
  16. 16. Fontana, CA
  17. 17. Overland Park, KS
  18. 18. Oceanside, CA
  19. 19. Toledo, OH
  20. 20. San Diego, CA
  21. 21. Scottsdale, AZ
  22. 22. Boise, ID
  23. 23. Los Angeles, CA
  24. 24. Winston-Salem, NC
  25. 25. Chandler, AZ
  26. 26. Jersey City, NJ
  27. 27. Virginia Beach, VA
  28. 28. Ontario, CA
  29. 29. Long Beach, CA
  30. 30. El Paso, TX
  31. 31. Moreno Valley, CA
  32. 32. North Las Vegas, NV
  33. 33. Riverside, CA
  34. 34. Chesapeake, VA
  35. 35. Mesa, AZ
  36. 36. Raleigh, NC
  37. 37. Knoxville, TN
  38. 38. Austin, TX
  39. 39. Denver, CO
  40. 40. Fort Wayne, IN
  41. 41. Newark, NJ
  42. 42. Grand Rapids, MI
  43. 43. Chicago, IL
  44. 44. Boston, MA
  45. 45. Rochester, NY
  46. 46. Hialeah, FL
  47. 47. Madison, WI
  48. 48. Lincoln, NE
  49. 49. Las Vegas, NV
  50. 50. Garland, TX
  51. 51. Miami, FL
  52. 52. Tampa, FL
  53. 53. Nashville, TN
  54. 54. New Orleans, LA
  55. 55. Reno, NV
  56. 56. Phoenix, AZ
  57. 57. Indianapolis, IN
  58. 58. Worcester, MA
  59. 59. Pittsburgh, PA
  60. 60. Philadelphia, PA
  61. 61. St. Paul, MN
  62. 62. Louisville, KY
  63. 63. Richmond, VA
  64. 64. Des Moines, IA
  65. 65. Little Rock, AR
  66. 66. San Francisco, CA
  67. 67. Portland, OR
  68. 68. Providence, RI
  69. 69. Glendale, AZ
  70. 70. Sacramento, CA
  71. 71. Anaheim, CA
  72. 72. Henderson, NV
  73. 73. Irvine, CA
  74. 74. Fort Worth, TX
  75. 75. Tempe, AZ
  76. 76. Milwaukee, WI
  77. 77. Charlotte, NC
  78. 78. Washington D.C.
  79. 79. Minneapolis, MO
  80. 80. Tallahassee, FL
  81. 81. Durham, NC
  82. 82. Montgomery, AL
  83. 83. Akron, OH
  84. 84. Arlington, TX
  85. 85. Kansas City, KS
  86. 86. Baltimore, MD
  87. 87. Huntsville, AL
  88. 88. Shreveport, LA
  89. 89. Norfolk, VA
  90. 90. Wichita, KS
  91. 91. Albuqurque, NM
  92. 92. Dallas, TX
  93. 93. Corpus Christi, TX
  94. 94. Houston, TX
  95. 95. Seattle, WA
  96. 96. Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  97. 97. Mobile, AL
  98. 98. Laredo, TX
  99. 99. St. Louis, MO
  100. 100. Atlanta, GA

*List based on information taken from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Crime in the United States report 2009 (crime to population ratio); cities included have pop. > 170,000