When choosing a new home, one must consider a variety of factors. Though things such as affordability, weather, and healthcare are all important, safety might be the most crucial of all. Whether you are a first time home-owner or just someone looking for a new place, there is no better feeling than going home and knowing that you will be safe there.
At LendEDU, our team strives to put out helpful information for individuals looking to make important financial decisions. This month, we decided to look into the safety of towns across the country. Using the FBI's crime statistics for towns in the United States with a population between 5,000 and 10,000, we determined the 250 safest small towns.
We determined the rankings by dividing the population of each small town by the number of violent crimes that occurred there in 2015. We then multiplied this number by 1,000 to get the crimes per 1,000 residents in each town.
The Top 250 Safest Small Towns in the United States
Rank
State
City
Population
Violent Crimes
Violent Crimes Per 1,000 Residents
1
New Jersey
Waldwick
9,997
0.00
0
1
South Dakota
Brandon
9,992
0.00
0
1
Connecticut
Redding
9,344
0.00
0
1
Utah
Mapleton
9,336
0.00
0
1
New York
Whitestown Town
9,252
0.00
0
1
Maine
Cape Elizabeth
9,230
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Chatham
9,039
0.00
0
1
New York
Malverne Village
8,581
0.00
0
1
Tennessee
Signal Mountain
8,579
0.00
0
1
New York
Kirkland Town
8,351
0.00
0
1
Massachusetts
Boxford
8,275
0.00
0
1
New York
Briarcliff Manor Village
8,028
0.00
0
1
Nebraska
York
8,008
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Chester Township
7,964
0.00
0
1
Pennsylvania
Camp Hill
7,892
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Bernardsville
7,763
0.00
0
1
Illinois
Gilberts
7,727
0.00
0
1
Connecticut
Easton
7,663
0.00
0
1
Maine
Cumberland
7,641
0.00
0
1
Illinois
Inverness
7,639
0.00
0
1
Michigan
Kinross Township
7,571
0.00
0
1
Kentucky
Villa Hills
7,455
0.00
0
1
New Hampshire
Stratham
7,400
0.00
0
1
Kentucky
Flatwoods
7,380
0.00
0
1
Pennsylvania
Eastern Adams Regional
7,347
0.00
0
1
Pennsylvania
New Cumberland
7,268
0.00
0
1
Florida
Longboat Key
7,206
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
North Caldwell
6,938
0.00
0
1
Minnesota
St. Joseph
6,883
0.00
0
1
Pennsylvania
East Earl Township
6,800
0.00
0
1
New York
Horseheads Village
6,734
0.00
0
1
New York
Stillwater Town
6,701
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Rockaway
6,494
0.00
0
1
Nebraska
Plattsmouth
6,484
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Lebanon Township
6,421
0.00
0
1
Michigan
Gaines Township
6,209
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Fair Haven
6,029
0.00
0
1
Massachusetts
Dover
5,952
0.00
0
1
Missouri
Glendale
5,926
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Tewksbury Township
5,908
0.00
0
1
Pennsylvania
Luzerne Township
5,900
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Norwood
5,843
0.00
0
1
New York
Elmira Town
5,820
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Blairstown Township
5,802
0.00
0
1
Illinois
Spring Grove
5,712
0.00
0
1
Michigan
Cambridge Township
5,671
0.00
0
1
Minnesota
Corcoran
5,562
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Greenwich Township, Warren County
5,539
0.00
0
1
Ohio
Waterville
5,515
0.00
0
1
Rhode Island
Jamestown
5,494
0.00
0
1
New Hampshire
New Boston
5,484
0.00
0
1
Texas
Terrell Hills
5,296
0.00
0
1
New Jersey
Mount Arlington
5,252
0.00
0
1
Oregon
Warrenton
5,218
0.00
0
1
Pennsylvania
Paint Township
5,156
0.00
0
1
Vermont
Waterbury
5,105
0.00
0
1
Pennsylvania
Granville Township
5,062
0.00
0
1
Michigan
Lapeer Township
5,054
0.00
0
1
Minnesota
Thomson Township
5,054
0.00
0
1
Wisconsin
Richland Center
5,038
0.00
0
61
Minnesota
Arden Hills
9,956
1.00
0.1004
62
South Carolina
Tega Cay
9,501
1.00
0.1052
63
New Jersey
Washington Township, Bergen County
9,341
1.00
0.107
64
Illinois
Glencoe
8,971
1.00
0.1114
65
New Jersey
Park Ridge
8,872
1.00
0.1127
66
New Jersey
Long Hill Township
8,812
1.00
0.1134
67
New Jersey
Cresskill
8,796
1.00
0.1136
68
Illinois
Clarendon Hills
8,714
1.00
0.1147
69
Wisconsin
Oconomowoc Town
8,654
1.00
0.1155
70
Pennsylvania
O'Hara Township
8,594
1.00
0.1163
71
California
Los Altos Hills
8,485
1.00
0.1178
72
Ohio
Wyoming
8,426
1.00
0.1186
73
Pennsylvania
Pleasant Hills
8,287
1.00
0.1206
74
New Jersey
Bedminster Township
8,222
1.00
0.1216
75
New Jersey
Montvale
8,207
1.00
0.1218
76
New Jersey
Lopatcong Township
8,091
1.00
0.1235
77
New Jersey
Byram Township
8,035
1.00
0.1244
78
Ohio
Bellevue
8,025
1.00
0.1246
79
Illinois
Hawthorn Woods
7,905
1.00
0.1265
80
Ohio
St. Clair Township
7,772
1.00
0.1286
81
New Jersey
Fanwood
7,727
1.00
0.1294
82
New York
Eden Town
7,707
1.00
0.1297
83
New York
Baldwinsville Village
7,702
1.00
0.1298
84
New Jersey
Emerson
7,656
1.00
0.1306
85
Pennsylvania
Spring Township, Centre County
7,612
1.00
0.1313
86
Michigan
Raisin Township
7,574
1.00
0.132
87
Washington
Selah
7,505
1.00
0.1332
88
Pennsylvania
Hatboro
7,441
1.00
0.1343
89
Illinois
West Dundee
7,405
1.00
0.135
90
Pennsylvania
West Cocalico Township
7,395
1.00
0.1352
91
Pennsylvania
East Marlborough Township
7,302
1.00
0.1369
92
Illinois
Lincolnshire
7,295
1.00
0.137
93
New York
Lakewood-Busti
7,218
1.00
0.1385
94
Maine
Rockland
7,202
1.00
0.1388
95
New York
Mount Hope Town
7,095
1.00
0.1409
96
Ohio
Bellbrook
7,052
1.00
0.1418
97
New Jersey
Linwood
7,042
1.00
0.142
98
New Jersey
Mountainside
6,860
1.00
0.1457
99
New Jersey
Allendale
6,845
1.00
0.146
100
New York
Tuckahoe Village5
6,656
1.00
0.1502
101
New York
Irvington Village
6,620
1.00
0.151
102
Michigan
Adrian Township
6,352
1.00
0.1574
103
Iowa
Orange City
6,173
1.00
0.1619
104
Wisconsin
Freedom
6,062
1.00
0.1649
105
California
Villa Park
6,002
1.00
0.1666
106
Illinois
Lakemoor
6,002
1.00
0.1666
107
New Jersey
Old Tappan
5,980
1.00
0.1672
108
New York
Rosendale Town
5,957
1.00
0.1678
109
New Jersey
Little Silver
5,910
1.00
0.1692
110
New Jersey
Woodcliff Lake
5,895
1.00
0.1696
111
New Jersey
Mendham Township
5,889
1.00
0.1698
112
Minnesota
Medina
5,880
1.00
0.17
113
Ohio
Indian Hill
5,814
1.00
0.1719
114
Illinois
Lake Bluff
5,695
1.00
0.1755
115
Pennsylvania
Wright Township
5,645
1.00
0.1771
116
Utah
Nephi
5,537
1.00
0.1806
117
Pennsylvania
Vernon Township
5,502
1.00
0.1817
118
Illinois
Northfield
5,497
1.00
0.1819
119
Pennsylvania
Redstone Township
5,445
1.00
0.1836
120
New Jersey
Englewood Cliffs
5,400
1.00
0.1851
121
Arkansas
Greenbrier
5,339
1.00
0.1873
122
Wyoming
Worland
5,335
1.00
0.1874
123
California
Kensington
5,329
1.00
0.1876
124
Idaho
Weiser
5,321
1.00
0.1879
125
Ohio
Russell Township
5,262
1.00
0.19
126
Oklahoma
Lone Grove
5,248
1.00
0.1905
127
Wisconsin
Slinger
5,193
1.00
0.1925
128
New Jersey
Holland Township
5,183
1.00
0.1929
129
New York
Kings Point Village
5,138
1.00
0.1946
130
Massachusetts
Carlisle
5,126
1.00
0.195
131
Indiana
Bluffton
9,985
2.00
0.2003
132
Pennsylvania
Northampton
9,912
2.00
0.2017
133
Ohio
Bath Township, Summit County
9,858
2.00
0.2028
134
New York
Rye Brook Village
9,602
2.00
0.2082
135
Pennsylvania
Economy
9,371
2.00
0.2134
136
Texas
Highland Park
9,045
2.00
0.2211
137
New York
Macedon Town and Village
8,962
2.00
0.2231
138
Connecticut
Woodbridge
8,907
2.00
0.2245
139
New Jersey
Ocean Township, Ocean County
8,730
2.00
0.229
140
Maine
Topsham
8,703
2.00
0.2298
141
New Hampshire
Hampstead
8,607
2.00
0.2323
142
New Jersey
Northfield
8,600
2.00
0.2325
143
Maine
Yarmouth
8,552
2.00
0.2338
144
New Jersey
North Haledon
8,521
2.00
0.2347
145
New Jersey
Upper Saddle River
8,376
2.00
0.2387
146
New York
Hornell
8,367
2.00
0.239
147
Texas
Heath
8,176
2.00
0.2446
148
Illinois
West Frankfort
8,025
2.00
0.2492
149
Michigan
Houghton
7,985
2.00
0.2504
150
Pennsylvania
Conshohocken
7,908
2.00
0.2529
151
Washington
Duvall
7,882
2.00
0.2537
152
Pennsylvania
North Cornwall Township
7,795
2.00
0.2565
153
Missouri
Carl Junction
7,709
2.00
0.2594
154
Connecticut
Middlebury
7,594
2.00
0.2633
155
Massachusetts
Dighton
7,376
2.00
0.2711
156
Indiana
Tell City
7,254
2.00
0.2757
157
Pennsylvania
Buffalo Township
7,229
2.00
0.2766
158
Kentucky
Highland Heights
7,214
2.00
0.2772
159
Massachusetts
Groveland
7,211
2.00
0.2773
160
Wisconsin
Delafield
7,181
2.00
0.2785
161
New Jersey
Milltown
7,054
2.00
0.2835
162
Ohio
Delphos
7,024
2.00
0.2847
163
Oklahoma
Piedmont
6,996
2.00
0.2858
164
Ohio
Cortland
6,931
2.00
0.2885
165
New Hampshire
Atkinson
6,853
2.00
0.2918
166
Illinois
Greenville
6,847
2.00
0.292
167
Oklahoma
Tuttle
6,679
2.00
0.2994
168
New York
Canton Village
6,677
2.00
0.2995
169
Pennsylvania
Tiadaghton Valley Regional
6,611
2.00
0.3025
170
Colorado
Cherry Hills Village
6,530
2.00
0.3062
171
Ohio
Beaver Township
6,530
2.00
0.3062
172
Washington
Brier
6,521
2.00
0.3067
173
New Jersey
Maywood
9,776
3.00
0.3068
174
New York
Cairo Town
6,465
2.00
0.3093
175
Illinois
Winfield
9,679
3.00
0.3099
176
Texas
Kermit
6,446
2.00
0.3102
177
New York
Potsdam Village
9,667
3.00
0.3103
178
Michigan
Huntington Woods
6,386
2.00
0.3131
179
Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County
6,334
2.00
0.3157
180
Connecticut
Portland
9,430
3.00
0.3181
181
New Jersey
Carlstadt
6,267
2.00
0.3191
182
Missouri
Shrewsbury
6,199
2.00
0.3226
183
Kentucky
Wilmore
6,179
2.00
0.3236
184
Pennsylvania
Ohio Township
6,162
2.00
0.3245
185
Michigan
Grosse Pointe Farms
9,242
3.00
0.3246
186
Pennsylvania
Bethel Township, Delaware County
9,198
3.00
0.3261
187
New Jersey
Leonia
9,170
3.00
0.3271
188
Virginia
Bridgewater
6,029
2.00
0.3317
189
Ohio
Shelby
9,038
3.00
0.3319
190
Washington
Liberty Lake
8,911
3.00
0.3366
191
Kentucky
Edgewood
8,775
3.00
0.3418
192
New Jersey
Rochelle Park Township
5,834
2.00
0.3428
193
West Virginia
Charles Town
5,816
2.00
0.3438
194
New Jersey
Matawan
8,696
3.00
0.3449
195
New Jersey
Wood-Ridge
8,657
3.00
0.3465
196
Indiana
Angola
8,631
3.00
0.3475
197
New Jersey
Closter
8,629
3.00
0.3476
198
Massachusetts
Georgetown
8,615
3.00
0.3482
199
Missouri
Park Hills
8,581
3.00
0.3496
200
Illinois
Willow Springs
5,720
2.00
0.3496
201
New York
Wappingers Falls Village
5,618
2.00
0.3559
202
Ohio
Highland Heights
8,373
3.00
0.3582
203
Pennsylvania
North Londonderry Township
8,343
3.00
0.3595
204
Pennsylvania
Millcreek Township, Lebanon County
5,557
2.00
0.3599
205
New York
Waterford Town and Village
8,332
3.00
0.36
206
Pennsylvania
Shippensburg
5,550
2.00
0.3603
207
New York
Highlands Town
8,303
3.00
0.3613
208
Missouri
Pleasant Hill
8,280
3.00
0.3623
209
Pennsylvania
Findlay Township
5,513
2.00
0.3627
210
New Jersey
Independence Township
5,512
2.00
0.3628
211
Illinois
Pinckneyville
5,509
2.00
0.363
212
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County
8,262
3.00
0.3631
213
California
La Habra Heights
5,500
2.00
0.3636
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