 The least safe towns in the US have been revealed – and they're largely concentrated in three regions of the country. Pulling crime statistics from the FBI, MoneyGeek recently ranked American cities and towns from the safest to the most unsafe, bottoming out at number 660. MoneyGeek utilized standardized crime statistics reported to the FBI from 2021 and calculated crime rates per 100,000 residents using population data from the federal agency. It took into consideration data on violent crimes including murder, rape and aggravated assault, and property crimes like car theft and burglaries. The study focused on cities with populations between 30,000 and 100,000. Pine Bluff, Arkansas, ranked as the least safe town in the US (Picture: Wikimedia Commons) 'Many people assume that small cities and towns are safer than big cities,' states the study from May, noting it found 'small cities and towns tend to be safer than large cities'. But that should be taken with a grain of salt, as the study found that 'small and large cities may have the same per capita cost of crime'. The data showed that many unsafe towns had crime levels comparable to big cities. The study determined that 'the least safe towns are more distributed, with Pine Bluff, Arkansas, at the top of the list'. Meanwhile, most of the safest small towns are in the Northeast, with three of the top 10 safest cities in New York or New Jersey and three in Massachusetts. The per capita cost of crime in the least safe small and large cities was comparable. Monroe, Louisiana, is the eighth-largest city in the state and ranked the second least safe city in the US (Picture: Getty Images) 'In Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the least safe small city, the per capita cost of crime is $9,071, even higher than St Louis, Missouri – the most dangerous city on our large city list – where the per capita cost of crime is $8,457,' states the study. The sec){kind=link}
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The least safe towns in the US have been revealed – and they’re largely concentrated in three regions of the country.
Pulling crime statistics from the FBI, MoneyGeek recently ranked American cities and towns from the safest to the most unsafe, bottoming out at number 660.
MoneyGeek utilized standardized crime statistics reported to the FBI from 2021 and calculated crime rates per 100,000 residents using population data from the federal agency. It took into consideration data on violent crimes including murder, rape and aggravated assault, and property crimes like car theft and burglaries.
The study focused on cities with populations between 30,000 and 100,000.