Posted on 07/13/2023 8:23:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
p>The phrase “small town America” often conjures up images of white picket fences, well-trimmed lawns, and big houses. But how safe is modern-day suburbia in America?
Some of the smallest places in the country can actually be among the most dangerous. Take for example Bessemer, Alabama, with a population of around 26,000 and a violent crime rate of 33.1 per every 1,000 residents.
That said, there are many small cities that are true havens for families across the United States. Visual Capitalist's Avery Koop uses this map to showcase the safest cities in the U.S., using FBI data and Census Bureau populations compiled by NeighborhoodScout in 2023.
Note: The source only considered cities with a population of 25,000 or higher. This report is based on total index crimes reported in each city, which includes arson, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, murder, rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault.
40% of the cities in the ranking are located in Northeastern states, which are typically rated the “safest” based on FBI data.
Here’s a closer look at the Top 10:
One quarter of the safest cities are located in Massachusetts, with the vast majority clustered around Boston.
The median population of the cities and towns in the top 100 is just 32,000, and few widely-recognized cities make the list. Carmel, Indiana (#60) is the only city with a population above 100,000 to make the rankings. This would seem to follow the logic that bigger cities are more dangerous, but our map covering the most dangerous cities in America shows that many small cities were just as dangerous, and some even more.
Regardless, small towns can truly be idyllic. For example, a person’s chance of falling victim to crime in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the safest ranked city in the U.S., is just 1-in-510. That’s an overall rate of fewer than two incidents of crime per every 1,000 residents.
One surprising observation from the data is that many of the safest U.S. cities are in very close proximity to some of the most dangerous.
One example that illustrates this is Detroit, which ranks as the sixth most dangerous city in America. Despite this, as shown on the map above, there are four communities nearby that have some of the lowest crime rates in America.
In other words, America’s metro areas contain much contrast, and these insights provide valuable information for individuals and families seeking secure places to live across the country.
The cities of the Midwest and east coast have the highest crime rates in the country.
Ridgefield, CT isn’t a city. It is a town.
Were cities in Alaska and Hawaii not considered?
Several in MA are also towns.
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The article said only cities with populations at least 25,000 were considered. Yet Ridgefield, CT (their safest city in the US) has a population of only about 7,000. Okay....
I have personal bias against the Keller PD from a Capital Murder case.
The four detectives in that case were not wanted at the trial by neither the prosecutor nor the defense, hence they were not called.
All four did get promotions after the trial.
Gee, I wonder what all those cities could have in common?
Exactly and it also isn’t “close” to a “dangerous” city.
To All.
Don’t try this at home but I took a peek at “Demographics of Ridgefield, Connecticut”
It said:
The largest Ridgefield racial/ethnic groups are White (86.8%) followed by Hispanic (5.1%) and Asian (3.3%).
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So if anyone wanted to try a few others it might show a correlation that would be forbidden to discuss elsewhere.😇
Wikipedia says Ridgefield CT’s population is 25,033.
The survey is apples and oranges. Suburbs and exurbs aren’t cities.
What is the diversity of these safe cities? I likely already know.
About 16 months ago I moved to a small, run-down agricultural town in NW Tennessee (pop. ~2000). It’s been very nice, and I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the locals and becoming part of the community. I feel much safer than I did living in the big city.
Most of them have very large white populations. All of them have very small black populations, with many of these cities having a black population under 1%.
12 does 60
OK, I took a stab at looking at the second on the safelist — Franklin, MA.
Here’s what Wikipedia tells us:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Massachusetts
* As of 2022, the city’s population was 36,745, with a growth rate of 15.38% since 2015.
* It also contains the largest Catholic parish in the Boston Archdiocese, St. Mary’s Catholic church, with some 15,000 members.
* The racial makeup of the city was 92.8 percent White, 3.83 percent Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.0 percent Hispanic or Latino of any race, 1.4 percent Black or African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.29 percent from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races
I don’t hear much about violent crime in Consitutional carry NH.
I also tried looking at one city on the list from Texas.
See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulshear,_Texas
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Fulshear, Texas is a city in northwest Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, and is located on the western edge of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The population was 16,856 as of the 2020 census.
* Fulshear, TX is home to a population of 6.2k people, from which 90.8% are citizens.
* As of 2017, 16.6% of Fulshear, TX residents were born outside of the country (1.03k people).
* The ethnic composition of the population of Fulshear, TX is composed of 3.87k White Alone residents (62.5%), 940 Hispanic or Latino residents (15.2%), 733 Asian Alone residents (11.8%), 350 Black or African American Alone residents (5.64%), 288 Two or More Races residents (4.64%), 15 Some Other Race Alone residents (0.242%), 3 American Indian & Alaska Native Alone residents (0.0484%), and 0 Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander Alone residents (0%)
Ugh, sorry, I tried to reduce the image size...and it worked when I did a preview, but it posted as very large. If a moderator can correct it, I’d appreciate it.
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