22. Ethnicity and Crime - If the Statistics are Misleading. Still, The Villages is relatively safe. Even New Haven, Connecticut's most dangerous metro area, has a lower violent crime rate than the U.S. as a whole. The rate of aggravated assault soared by 51 percent, rapes climbed by 78 percent, and the murder rate more than doubled. Minnesota: None• 5-year change in crime rate: +3.2 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 238 (state)• 2017 murders: 113 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 3.5 percent (state). The crime rate in Greece has historically been amongst the lowest in Western Europe, and continues to be. Nevada: Carson City• 5-year change in crime rate: +53.2 percent (metro area) -8.5 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 360 (metro area) 556 (state)• 2017 murders: 1 (metro area) 274 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 5.1 percent (metro area) 5 percent (state). Overall, New Mexico is one of the most dangerous states, with a violent crime rate of 784 incidents per 100,000, second only to Alaska. Population figures and state crime data also come from the FBI. This year, we have 11 cities on the list again. Texas led the way with eight of the top 50 cities for retirement, while California and Florida each claim five. 9. 38. The violent crime rate in the Auburn-Opelika metro area increased by 113.7 percent between 2012 and 2017 – the largest increase of any metro area in Alabama and the second largest of any U.S. metro area. The increase was driven by a surge in the aggravated assault rate, which was nearly three times higher in 2017 than it was five years prior. In an effort to reduce crime in New Mexico's largest city, lawmakers gave Bernalillo County District Attorney Raul Torrez, whose jurisdiction includes Albuquerque, an additional $4 million during the 2018 legislative session. New Jersey is one of only a handful of states where no metro area with comparable data reported an increase in the incidence of violent crime from 2012 to 2017. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Albuquerque is one in 73. Over the same period, the number of violent crimes in the metro area spiked from 132 to 198. The incidence rate of every type of violent crime has gone up in Flagstaff since 2012 – but none has climbed as rapidly as the murder rate. Not all property crime rates improved, however. Even in the state's metro areas – most of which are more dangerous than the state as a whole – crime is down. There were a total of 492 reported incidents of violent crime in Sioux City in 2017, up from 361 incidents five years prior. While violence is slightly more common in Manchester now than it was in 2012, property crimes are considerably less common. There were 360 violent crimes for every 100,000 people in Carson City in 2017 compared to 515 per 100,000 in Reno and 608 per 100,000 in Las Vegas. Our data set ranges from COVID-19 cases in the past seven days per 100,000 residents and assaults per capita to the unemployment rate and road quality. To identify the cities with the highest property crime rate in every state, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the number of property crimes reported per 100,000 people in cities with populations of 20,000 or more from the FBI’s 2017 Uniform Crime Report. To help prospective college students narrow down their school choices and to follow up our report on 2021’s College & University Rankings, WalletHub compared more than 400 U.S. cities of varying sizes based on 30 key indicators of academic, social and economic opportunities for students. Adjusted for population, Danville's violent crime rate climbed by 61.8 percent between 2012 and 2017, by far the largest increase of any metro area in the state. The violent crime rate in the Elizabethtown-Fort Knox metro area climbed by 49.1 percent in the last five years, by far the largest increase of any metro area in the state. 33. Currently, there are 385 violent crimes for every 100,000 people in Omaha, well above the violent crime rate across Nebraska of 306 per 100,000. We compared the 150 biggest U.S. cities across 20 key metrics, from a city’s walkability and transit ridership to its climate. In addition, Tucson is safer than 9% of cities in the entire United States. 24/7 Wall Street is a USA TODAY content partner offering financial news and commentary. Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. Of the 22 metro areas in Florida with comparable data, The Villages was one of only four to report an increase in violent crime. Recent job growth is Positive. Read more about Scout's Crime Data. Burlington, the only metro area in the Green Mountain State, lacks comparable crime data between 2012 and 2017. There were 511 violent crimes for every 100,000 Pueblo residents in 2012, compared to the state's violent crime rate of 309 per 100,000. Over the same period, the violent crime rate in Nebraska climbed by 17.9 percent. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 14. Violent If these trends continue, Omaha may soon become safer than the state as a whole. Between 2012 and 2017, the number of people living in Florence, South Carolina, fell by 0.9 percent. That same year, there were 388 violent crimes per 100,000 people nationwide. That rate rose to 724 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2017, climbing to 15th highest of U.S. metro areas in 2017. Historically, Las Vegas is a city characterized by suburban sprawl. Connecticut is far safer now than it was five years ago. New Jersey: None• 5-year change in crime rate: -21.2 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 229 (state)• 2017 murders: 324 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 4.6 percent (state). The violent crime fell over the last five years by 13.5 percent in Hartford, 17.8 percent in Bridgeport, 25.7 percent in New Haven, and a staggering 44.7 percent in Norwich. Michigan: Kalamazoo-Portage• 5-year change in crime rate: +39.6 percent (metro area) -1.0 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 501 (metro area) 450 (state)• 2017 murders: 16 (metro area) 569 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 4.5 percent (metro area) 4.6 percent (state). Minnesota is one of the safest states in the country, with a violent crime rate of just 238 incidents per 100,000 residents. Of all metro areas in Oregon for which comparable data is available, Corvallis reported the steepest increase in violent crime over the last five years. North Carolina: None• 5-year change in crime rate: +2.9 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 364 (state)• 2017 murders: 591 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 4.6 percent (state). Of the metro areas considered, Albuquerque ranked as the 18th most dangerous in the country five years ago. Over that period, there was a 3.9 percent uptick in the incidence of violence in the metro area, roughly inline with the 4.8 percent increase across the state as a whole. That 36.9 percent increase well exceeds the state's 16.5 percent increase in violent crime rate. With a crime rate of 71 per one thousand residents, Albuquerque has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Albuquerque is property crime. The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end. Finding other retirees to socialize with can be a challenge, but the Oklahoma City metro area offers many activities. Florida’s cities don’t have the best track record when it comes to crime. Of the five metro areas in Arizona for which comparable crime data is available, Flagstaff reported the largest increase in violent crime over the last half decade. The unemployment rate in Albuquerque is 5.1% (U.S. avg. The national violent crime rate … From the gauges displayed above, you will notice that Tucson is safer than 12% of other cities in the state of Arizona. WEATHER & CLIMATE Utah: Logan• 5-year change in crime rate: +49.3 percent (metro area) +16.1 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 80 (metro area) 239 (state)• 2017 murders: 4 (metro area) 73 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 2.7 percent (metro area) 3.2 percent (state). Of the 10 remaining metro areas in New York, Glens Falls is the safest, with a violent crime rate of just 144 incidents per 100,000 people. Property crime and violent crime have different drivers, but high levels or growth in one category often corresponds with high levels or growth in the other. The violent crime rates of 337 per 100,000 in Great Falls and 377 per 100,000 across Montana compare favorably to the violent crime rate of 383 per 100,000 nationwide. Violent crime spiked by 42.2 percent in Pueblo, Colorado, between 2012 and 2017. Despite the increase, Gainesville remains a relatively safe city. Albuquerque (/ ˈ æ l b ə k ɜːr k i / AL-bə-kur-kee, Spanish: [alβuˈkeɾke]), abbreviated as ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The crime rate is manageable, and the number of available hospital beds is good. Violent crime rates. To determine where Americans can feel most secure — in more than one sense — WalletHub compared more than 180 cities across 42 key indicators of safety. Omaha is the only metro area in Nebraska with comparable five year violent crime data. The violent crime rate climbed by 17.9 percent in Wyoming between 2012 and 2017, rising in each of state's metro areas – by 11.9 percent in Casper and 28.1 percent in Cheyenne. Pittsfield Police Chief Michael Wynn explained that the opioid epidemic has been partially responsible for the increase in reported crime, both violent and non-violent. The crime rate is worth paying attention to when choosing a neighborhood in which to live. A number of states have no metropolitan areas that met these criteria. Virginia: Lynchburg• 5-year change in crime rate: +23.4 percent (metro area) +9.5 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 192 (metro area) 208 (state)• 2017 murders: 7 (metro area) 453 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 4.3 percent (metro area) 3.8 percent (state). Property crime: Where shoplifting, burglary, car theft are highest in every state, Did your town make this list? Despite the increase, Fairbanks remains safer than the state as a whole. Parkersburg is also the state's metro area with the largest increase in violent crime over the last five years. The state's violent crime rate of 208 incidents per 100,000 residents is the fourth lowest among states, and all six metro areas with available data in the state have violent crime rates below the national rate. Over the same period, the metro area's violent crime rate shot up by 35.7 percent. In some cases, the incidence of violent crime has more than doubled since 2012. As of 2017, New York is safer than the nation as a whole, with 357 violent crimes per 100,000 people compared to 383 per 100,000 nationwide. The increase was driven almost entirely by a 123.6 percent surge in the metro area's rape rate. The violent crime rate in each of the state's five major metropolitan areas is well below the national rate of 383 incidents per 100,000 people. Though, overall, violent crime increased in Amarillo, not all types of violent crime became more common in the metro area. In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, the only metro area in the state for which 2017 data is available, the violent crime rate is 416 incidents per 100,000 people. Driven by increases in reported rapes and aggrevated assaults, the violent crime rate in Walla Walla surged by 46.6 percent. There were 269 violent crimes for every 100,000 Mansfield residents in 2017 compared to 298 per 100,000 in Ohio. As is the case across Vermont, aggravated assault is most commonly reported crime in Burlington. The increase was a departure from the statewide trend. While the incidence of every type of violent crime increased in the metro area, including murder and robbery, the incidence of rape and aggravated assault each more than doubled. Despite the increase, Mansfield is safer than the state as a whole. Over the same period, the violent crime rate in Alaska increased by 37.4 percent, from 603 incidents to 829 incidents per 100,000 people. Much of the violence in Baltimore is attributable to gang activity. The property crime rate in Kalamazoo-Portage improved by 5.7 percent since 2012, driven by declines in larceny and burglary. More Economy. Oregon: Corvallis• 5-year change in crime rate: +25.1 percent (metro area) +13.8 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 139 (metro area) 282 (state)• 2017 murders: 3 (metro area) 104 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 3.3 percent (metro area) 4.1 percent (state). 13. Property crime includes burglaries, larceny-thefts, and motor vehicle theft. "At some point, whether it's to support a habit or in connection with something else, we're going to find somebody who's substance addicted during our investigation," he told a local radio station. Over that period, most cities in the state also reported declining crime rates. The violent crime rate in New Mexico is one of the highest in the country—8.6 incidents per 1,000 people, compared to 3.7 across the country. Illinois: Danville• 5-year change in crime rate: +61.8 percent (metro area) +5.8 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 901 (metro area) 439 (state)• 2017 murders: 10 (metro area) 997 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 6.3 percent (metro area) 5 percent (state). The violent crime rate across the state climbed by 9.5 percent over the last five years. Across Florida, the incidence of violent crime fell by 16.2 percent between 2012 and 2017. 2021 Compare Cities. In 2012, 10 percent of Providence's labor force was unemployed, roughly 2 percentage points above the national annual unemployment rate that year. 21. 47. New Hampshire: Manchester-Nashua• 5-year change in crime rate: +7.4 percent (metro area) +5.7 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 266 (metro area) 199 (state)• 2017 murders: 4 (metro area) 14 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 2.6 percent (metro area) 2.7 percent (state). The improvement was a departure from the broader trend, as North Dakota's violent crime rate climbed by 15.0 percent over the same period. 28. The city's violent crime rate rose from 1,056 incidents per 100,000 residents in 2012 to 1,168 to per 100,000 in 2017. Oklahoma City has a large amount of parkland with many gardens, pools, nature centers and parks available for public enjoyment. Despite a shrinking population, the number of violent crimes committed in the metro area climbed from 454 to 699. South Dakota: Rapid City• 5-year change in crime rate: +25.5 percent (metro area) +34.7 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 480 (metro area) 434 (state)• 2017 murders: 7 (metro area) 25 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 3.5 percent (metro area) 3.3 percent (state). In stark contrast to the rapid increase in violent crime, the property crime rate in Idaho Falls has fallen precipitously. To achieve these results, all Arizona and United States cities were analyzed to determine how many locations had a lower crime rate than Tucson. 7. The improvement was not nearly enough to offset the rates of rape, aggravated assault, and homicide, which soared over the same period by 82.8 percent, 22.9 percent, and 52.4 percent, respectively. Fairbanks is the only metro area in Alaska for which 2017 violent crime data is comparable to data from 2012. We also reviewed annual unemployment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2012 and 2017 as well as unemployment figures from December 2018. Iowa: Sioux City• 5-year change in crime rate: +37.0 percent (metro area) +11.2 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 291 (metro area) 293 (state)• 2017 murders: 3 (metro area) 104 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 3.2 percent (metro area) 3.1 percent (state). Importantly, we found that Albuquerque has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. Mississippi: None• 5-year change in crime rate: +9.5 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 286 (state)• 2017 murders: 245 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 5.1 percent (state). It also has the fastest growing violent crime rate in Florida. Down the coast, Irvine was the list's safest city for violent crime for the 13th straight year. There were 2,843 property crimes for every 100,000 people in Cheyenne in 2017, compared to 2,615 per 100,000 in Casper. Ohio: Mansfield• 5-year change in crime rate: +37.2 percent (metro area) -0.7 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 269 (metro area) 298 (state)• 2017 murders: 7 (metro area) 710 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 5.5 percent (metro area) 5 percent (state). West Virginia: Parkersburg-Vienna• 5-year change in crime rate: +29.3 percent (metro area) +10.9 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 436 (metro area) 351 (state)• 2017 murders: 8 (metro area) 85 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 5.6 percent (metro area) 5.2 percent (state). © 2021 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Motor vehicle theft became 33.9 percent more common in the last five years – and Rapid City has the dubious distinction of being the motor vehicle theft capital of the state. Pennsylvania's violent crime rate fell by 10.2 percent between 2012 and 2017. The broad trend, while encouraging, does not reflect the reality on the ground in many cities across the country. As a result, the violent crime rate jumped by 53.2 percent in Carson City, the largest increase of any metro area in the state. St. Joseph's property crime rate rose by 8 percent over the last five years, one of the largest increases among all U.S. metro areas. There were only 80 violent crimes for every 100,000 people in the city in 2017, about a fifth of the national violent crime rate of 383 per 100,000. The violent crime rate soared by nearly 50 percent in Logan, Utah, between 2012 and 2017, the largest increase of any metro area in the state. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. Over that period, the violent crime rate dipped by 12.8 percent in the metro area. 18. 41. 98.3%. Despite increased rates of violence across the state, every metro area in Washington – including Walla Walla – has a lower violent crime rate than the national rate of 383 per 100,000. The number of crimes increased even as the metro area population shrunk by 0.5 percent over that period. Nationwide, aggravated assault is by far the most common violent offense, and in most cities on this list, climbing rates of aggravated assault drove the overall increase in violence. Read on to find out the best big cities for retirees. As of 2017, Providence's unemployment rate had fallen to 4.5 percent, roughly in line with the national unemployment rate. Arkansas: Jonesboro• 5-year change in crime rate: +38.8 percent (metro area) +18.3 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 454 (metro area) 555 (state)• 2017 murders: 16 (metro area) 258 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 3.2 percent (metro area) 3.7 percent (state). There were just 228 violent crimes for every 100,000 people in the state in 2017, a 19.4 percent decrease from 283 violent crimes per 100,000 in 2012. The violent crime rate increased in five metro areas in Wisconsin over the last five years. 8. Memphis had the highest violent crime rate of any U.S. city in 2012, and things have only gotten worse. Violent crime rates: All of the safest metro areas reported crime rates that are below the national averages for both property and violent crime. Over the last five years, every other metro area in South Carolina with comparable data reported a decline in violent crime, and the state's violent crime rate improved by 9.4 percent. According to FBI data, in 1997 the national violent crime rate was 611.0 per 100,000 inhabitants. The national violent crime rate, over those 19 years, dropped by 37 percent. 14. 27. Property A record 10-year low. Despite the increasing violent crime rate, Logan remains one of the safest cities in the United States. Police Killings of Black Men per 100K, 2013-20 ... 42% Violent Crime Rate: 9 per 1000. Just because a city ranks on this list does not mean it is particularly dangerous. Meanwhile, the robbery rate in Parkersburg plummeted. . The violent crime rate fell by 5 percent in Vineland, 16.6 percent in the capital of Trenton, and 21.2 percent across the state as a whole. The overall violent crime rate was 400.0 per 100,000 people, with the highest rate for aggravated assault (252.4 per 100,000), followed by robbery (101.2 per 100,000), rape (42.4 per 100,000), and murder or nonnegligent manslaughter (5.3 per 100,000) (FBI, 2018e). The Houma-Thibodaux metro area in southeastern Louisiana reported an 11.4 percent increase in violent crime between 2012 and 2017 – the most of any metro area in the state with comparable data. 44. Alabama: Auburn-Opelika• 5-year change in crime rate: +113.7 percent (metro area) +16.5 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 552 (metro area) 524 (state)• 2017 murders: 12 (metro area) 404 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 3.9 percent (metro area) 4.4 percent (state). Police killings rates. As of 2017, there were 383 violent crimes for every 100,000 people in the U.S., a 1.3 percent decrease from five years before. Since 2012, the robbery rate in Jonesboro fell by 26.5 percent. Jonesboro reported the largest increase as the incidence of violence jumped by 38.8 percent. Rhode Island: None• 5-year change in crime rate: -8.0 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 232 (state)• 2017 murders: 20 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 4.5 percent (state). However, the improvement was not enough to offset increases in other categories of violent crime. Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Albuquerque experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest. the fastest growing cities in each state. Over the same period, Kentucky's violent crime rate inched up by just 1.4 percent and the U.S. violent crime rate fell by 1.3 percent. Where is 2020 data? Property crime in the city also fell substantially over that period, including a nearly 50 percent decline in the burglary rate. During an August 2018 press conference, former Alaska Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth tied the increase in violence to the state's opioid crisis. Often, these cities are safer than the U.S. as a whole, despite reporting a state-leading surge in violent crime. Maryland: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson• 5-year change in crime rate: +26.0 percent (metro area) +4.9 percent (state)• 2017 violent crimes per 100,000 people: 783 (metro area) 500 (state)• 2017 murders: 413 (metro area) 546 (state)• 2017 unemployment: 4.3 percent (metro area) 4.1 percent (state). 24/7 Wall St. reviewed five-year changes in violent crime rates in 283 U.S. metro areas that have comparable data to identify, in every state, the city where crime is climbing fastest. This is an increase of 13% compared to the previous year. Despite the increase, both Great Falls and Montana remain safer than the U.S. as a whole. The metro area's violent crime rate spiked by 26.0 percent in the last five years and currently stands at 783 incidents per 100,000 people – well above both the statewide violent crime rate of 500 per 100,000 and the national rate of 383 per 100,000. Based on figures published by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, 24/7 Wall St. identified the metropolitan statistical area where crime rates rose the most in each state from 2012 to 2017. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 – 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods. The violent crime rate is a measure of the number of murders, robberies, rapes and aggravated assaults for every 100,000 people in a given year. Pueblo's poverty rate of 18.1 percent is the highest of any metro area considered in the state. These are the counties with the worst drug problem in every state. Nationwide, aggravated assault is by far the most common violent offense, and in most cities on this list, climbing rates of aggravated assault drove the overall increase in violence. The most popular comparisons are: Population, Cost of Living, Average Rent, Crime Rate, Tax Rates, Air Quality, Religion, Local Economy, Climate, and Weather. Due to the increase, Kokomo's violent crime rate of 593 incidents per 100,000 people is now the second highest in the state, trailing only Indianapolis, where there were 695 incidents per 100,000. The increase was driven by a surge in aggravated assaults. 10. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Albuquerque is one in 102. Crime, Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents), Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents). Due to changes in reporting practices, it cannot be determined if the violent crime rate increased in any of Minnesota's metro areas in the last five years.