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Safest cities in America

19 August, 2010 (16:15) | safe cities

Too many times, the news sheds the spotlight on the worst parts of America’s cities. However, many metropolitan areas enjoy very high levels of safety. Here are the top 10 safest cities/metro areas, as determined by Forbes magazine.

  1. Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: With a total of only 24 unnatural deaths out of every 160, the Minneapolis area holds the record for safest city. Violent crime is responsible for 9 of those deaths, with traffic deaths and natural disasters both accounting for 7.
  2. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI: The 26th most populous city in America is also the 2nd safest. 24 deaths out of 40 are related to violent crime, but traffic deaths and natural disaster only account for 4 and 1 out of every 40, respectively.
  3. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA: America’s greenest city only suffers 1 violent death in every 40, but has a higher number of natural disaster deaths (25).
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH: This all-American city has been undergoing gentrification and rising costs of living, but violent crime is down to 10 in 40 and traffic deaths are down to 1 in 40.
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA: Only 3 violent crime deaths and 2 workplace fatalities, but 31 natural disaster deaths tie this with Boston as the 4th safest area.
  6. Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA: Providence nicknamed itself the “Creative Capital” in 2009. Its violent crime is down to 6, while natural disasters claim the lives of 28 in 40.
  7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: The tenth-most populous city in America is still in the top ten safest, coming in at number 7.
  8. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA: It may surprise some to see New York on the list, but it has less violent crime than Milwaukee and less natural disaster deaths than San Jose, Providence, Seattle, and Boston.
  9. Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN: Cincinnati has the highest number of workplace fatalities of the top ten cities at 27 out of 40 and traffic deaths at 20 out of 40, but it has very low violent crime and natural disasters.
  10. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH: Cleveland is tied with Denver for the 10th safest city. Cleveland has more violent crime, while Denver is known for more workplace fatalities.

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