The 20 safest cities in the US, ranked

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• WalletHub released a 2023 report listing the safest cities in the US.
• Cities were ranked based on 41 indicators of safety, including rates of crime and natural disasters.

You might be shocked to learn that, out of 163 countries, the US was ranked the 131st safest country in the world in 2023 by the Global Peace Index.

So where is the safest place to live in the US?

The personal-finance website WalletHub released a 2023 report listing the safest cities in the US. The study looked at 182 cities across the US — the 150 most populated and at least two of the most populated cities in each state — and ranked them based on 41 factors across three key areas: home and community safety, natural-disaster risk, and financial safety.

Among the factors considered were the number of mass shootings, murders and assaults per capita, hate crimes per capita, earthquake risk, unemployment rate, and fraud complaints per capita.

Ultimately, danger is unavoidable, but some cities are safer than others for its residents.

These cities are the safest in the US, according to WalletHub.