New England is home to safest city in America, new report says
A new report has ranked the safest cities in the United States, and many of them are right here in New England.
WalletHub this week published its “2023′s Safest Cities in America” report, which compared more than 180 cities across 41 key metrics including traffic fatalities per capita, assaults per capita to the unemployment rate, and the percentage of the population that is uninsured.
The personal finance website says it put together the ranking in an effort to “determine where Americans can feel most protected against life’s hazards, including nonphysical forms of danger.”
Nashua, New Hampshire, was named the safest city in America. Additionally, four other communities in New England were ranked among the top 10 safest cities, while nine in total in our region landed inside the top 50.
The safest New England cities on the list ranked as follows:
1. Nashua, New Hampshire
3. South Burlington, Vermont
5. Warwick, Rhode Island
6. Portland, Maine
9. Burlington, Vermont
13. Lewiston, Maine
21. Worcester, Massachusetts
24. Manchester, New Hampshire
46. Providence, Rhode Island
There other New England cities landed outside the top 50 safest cities. They ranked as follows:
55. Bridgeport, Connecticut
101. Boston, Massachusetts
120. New Haven, Connecticut
To view WalletHub’s full list, click here.
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