When it comes to the safest cities and towns in the country, the Northeast takes the cake.
Seven of the 10 cities with the lowest crime rates per capita can be found in the upper right quadrant of the country — and they’re all medium-sized communities, according to a new survey by MoneyGeek.
“Overall, small towns and cities have 48% lower crime costs than large cities,” the researchers said.
The study analyzed last year’s FBI crime statistics for smaller cities and towns with populations between 30,000 and 100,000 residents.
After surveying 1,010 communities in every state, researchers came out with one clear winner.
New Jersey’s Monroe Township, located about 50 miles northwest of New York City, was ranked No. 1 results in lower property crime and lower violent crime rates, according to MoneyGeek.
Wallingford, Connecticut also ranks in the top ten for safest cities and towns. Wikipedia
The second safest city can also be found in New Jersey: Hillsborough Township, located just 24 miles away.
Three other New Jersey cities also made the top 15: Westfield, Manalapan and Princeton.
Wallingford, Connecticut; Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania; and Yorktown, New York also ranked in the top 10.
The study mapped last year’s FBI crime statistics for smaller cities and towns with populations between 30,000 and 100,000 residents. Wikipedia
Cities and towns in Indiana, Ohio, Utah and California round out the rest of the top 10.
When it comes to the least safe cities in the country — but the safest in their states — most can be found distributed primarily throughout the South, with Monroe, Louisiana, at the top of the list.
In some cases, lower-ranking cities and towns spend more money fighting crime than some of their big-city counterparts — for example, Benton, Arkansas, (pop. 36,282) has a per capita crime cost of $1,727, comparable to New York City (pop. 8.2 million), which has a per capita crime cost of $1,722, the survey showed.
Monroe Township is listed as the No. 1 because of low property crime and lower violent crime rates, according to MoneyGeek. Children’s encyclopedia
Despite some outliers, the survey concluded that life in a small town tends to be safer than living in a big city.
“In fact, the violent crime rate in big cities is almost double that of small cities,” says MoneyGeek.
Safest cities & towns by state
Here’s a list of the safest cities and towns in each state, according to MoneyGeek research:
| City | state | Cost of crime per capita |
| Alabaster, AL | Alabama | $245 |
| Ballwin, MO | Missouri | $91 |
| Bangor, ME | Maine | $478 |
| Bella Vista, AR | Arkansas | $509 |
| Bellevue, NE | Nebraska | $723 |
| Blacksburg, VA | Virginia | $397 |
| Bloomfield Township, MI | Michigan | $112 |
| Bossier City, LA | Louisiana | $2,976 |
| Bowie, MD | Maryland | $205 |
| Bozeman, MT | Montana | $1,092 |
| Burlington, VT | Vermont | $2,309 |
| Carlsbad, NM | New Mexico | $1,410 |
| Collierville, TN | Tennessee | $298 |
| Cottage Grove, MN | Minnesota | $186 |
| Cranberry Township, PA | Pennsylvania | $78 |
| Dover, NH | New Hampshire | $121 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | Kentucky | $254 |
| Flower Mound, TX | Texas | $136 |
| Fort Mill, SC | South Carolina | $153 |
| Fuquay-Varina, NC | North Carolina | $152 |
| Huntington, WV | West Virginia | $2,754 |
| Juneau, AK | Alaska | $2,164 |
| Lake Oswego, OR | Oregon | $257 |
| Laramie, WY | Wyoming | $664 |
| Leawood, KS | Kansas | $301 |
| Lone Peak, UT | Utah | $66 |
| Mason, OH | Ohio | $65 |
| Milton, GA | Georgia | $155 |
| Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ | New jersey | $31 |
| Mundelein, IL | Illinois | $148 |
| New Berlin, WI | Wisconsin | $116 |
| Newark, DE | Delaware | $546 |
| Oviedo, FL | Florida | $202 |
| Owasso, OK | Okay | $371 |
| Pullman, WA | Washington | $268 |
| Rancho Santa Margarita, CA | California | $81 |
| Rapid City, SD | South Dakota | $2,164 |
| Rexburg, ID | Idaho | $550 |
| San Luis, AZ | Arizona | $113 |
| Shrewsbury, MA | Massachusetts | $59 |
| South Kingstown, RI | Rhode Island | $161 |
| Southaven, MS | Mississippi | $593 |
| Urbandale, IA | Iowa | $207 |
| Wallingford, CT | Connecticut | $55 |
| West Fargo, ND | North Dakota | $415 |
| Windsor, CO | Colorado | $81 |
| City of Yorktown, NY | New York | $85 |
| Zionsville, IN | Indiana | $51 |
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