Map Reveals America’s Most Dangerous Cities [Video]

How safe is the United States?

Threats to our safety come in many different forms, from natural disasters to violent crime.

Preliminary evidence from the National Safety Council has estimated that 20,900 people lost their lives in preventable traffic accidents in the U.S. in the first six months of 2024.

Meanwhile, as of October 9, 13,148 people have died as a result of gun-based violence in 2024 so far, according to the Gun Violence Archive. However, some cities are more dangerous than others.

To investigate these disparities, personal loan comparison tool, WalletHub, compared more than 180 cities from across the U.S. against 41 key safety metrics to determine the 10 safest and least safe states in the country.

These metrics included measures of home and community safety, like mass shootings, murders, assaults, thefts, drug poisoning, and traffic fatalities; natural disaster risk, including earthquakes, hurricanes and wildfire risks; and financial security, including underemployment rates, poverty, insurance, and fraud.

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