The folks over at WalletHub recently crunched the numbers to come up with what they see as the Safest States in America. Their analysis is based on 25 key “safety” metrics such as number of the assaults per capita, the unemployment rate and even estimated losses from climate disasters (this isn’t your typical list based only on local crime data) that were boiled down into five separate categories – Home & Community Safety, Financial Safety, Road Safety, Workplace Safety, and Safety from Natural Disasters. Be sure to visit their site to peruse the entire list and re-sort the data for some interesting results. As with any data, use with caution and take with the appropriate amount of salt.
But, in the meantime, here are WalletHub’s top ten safest states (including DC):
- Vermont
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Maine
- Connecticut
- Minnesota
- Virginia
- Utah
- Iowa
Click on a map location below to see a state’s ranking.
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