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Full List: America's Safest Cities
Zack O'Malley Greenburg,
These metros have the lowest rates of violent crime, workplace deaths, fatal crashes and natural disasters.
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| Rank | Metro Area | MSA Population | Violent Crime | Workplace Fatality Rates | Traffic Death Rates | Natural Disaster Risk | Total |
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| 1 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 3,229,878 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,549,308 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 3 | Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 2,207,462 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 41 |
| 4 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 4,522,858 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 44 |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 3,344,813 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 44 |
| 6 | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | 1,596,611 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 52 |
| 7 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1,819,198 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 54 |
| 8 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 19,006,798 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 55 |
| 9 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 2,155,137 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 57 |
| 10 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 2,088,291 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 59 |
| 10 | Denver-Aurora, CO | 2,506,626 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 59 |
| 12 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 4,425,110 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 62 |
| 13 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 3,001,072 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 65 |
| 14 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 4,281,899 | 17 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 66 |
| 15 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 9,569,624 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 67 |
| 15 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 1,652,602 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 15 | 67 |
| 15 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 6,300,006 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 67 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh, PA | 2,351,192 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 70 |
| 19 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 12,872,808 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 71 |
| 20 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 5,358,130 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 73 |
| 21 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 5,838,471 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 78 |
| 22 | San Antonio, TX | 2,031,445 | 25 | 16 | 30 | 12 | 83 |
| 23 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 5,376,285 | 20 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 86 |
| 24 | Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA | 2,109,832 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 88 |
| 25 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 4,274,531 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 39 | 93 |
| 26 | Baltimore-Towson, MD | 2,667,117 | 34 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 97 |
| 27 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 1,658,292 | 13 | 31 | 22 | 32 | 98 |
| 28 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 2,733,761 | 32 | 9 | 38 | 22 | 101 |
| 29 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 1,865,746 | 39 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 105 |
| 29 | Columbus, OH | 1,773,120 | 12 | 36 | 23 | 34 | 105 |
| 31 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 1,701,799 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 107 |
| 32 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 2,002,047 | 27 | 32 | 33 | 16 | 108 |
| 32 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 4,115,871 | 18 | 19 | 36 | 35 | 108 |
| 34 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 2,816,710 | 23 | 39 | 31 | 16 | 109 |
| 35 | Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 2,054,574 | 38 | 13 | 40 | 22 | 113 |
| 36 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 1,715,459 | 30 | 40 | 26 | 19 | 115 |
| 37 | Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN | 1,550,733 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 119 |
| 38 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 5,728,143 | 33 | 38 | 28 | 37 | 136 |
| 39 | Jacksonville, FL | 1,313,228 | 37 | 35 | 39 | 30 | 141 |
| 40 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 5,414,772 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 144 |
Methodology
To determine our list of America's safest cities, we looked at the country's 40 largest metropolitan statistical areas across four categories of danger. We considered violent crime rates from the FBI's 2008 uniform crime report; 2008 workplace death rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 2008 traffic death rates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and natural disaster risk, using rankings from green living site SustainLane.com.
www.forbes.com/2009/10/26/safest-cities-ten-lifestyle-real-estate-metros-msa_chart.html