Ever wonder which American cities are the safest?

Over the past few years, crime rates in the United States have risen by an absolutely astonishing amount according to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“FBI data shows that it rose nearly 30% from 2019 to 2020—the largest single-year increase ever,” wrote NPR’s Rachel Treisman, a statistic that has concerned many.

With such high crime rates, it's no wonder why so many Americans are choosing to pick up their lives and move them to somewhere they consider safer. 

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau discovered by the website My Move, six percent of all Americans who relocated in 2021 did so because they “wanted a better neighborhood/less crime.”

Most Americans moved to cities like Ocala and Tallahassee according to data from the National Association of Realtors, but they probably should have headed to ten other comparable cities since they’re currently rated as the safest in America by Money Geek.

Money Geek used the latest information from the FBI’s crime statistics and ranked America’s safest cities based on their crime cost per capita, so let's have a look at  America's top ten safest cities with a population above 100,000. 

Sugarland was given a $260 crime cost per capita and the Houston Chronicle noted the city only saw 1466 crimes in 2021, most of which were thefts and motor vehicle thefts. 

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Joliet was given a $247 crime cost per capita and went from about 706 violent crimes in 2021 to 692 in 2022 according to a quote from the city's Chief of Police Evans reported on by local news journalist John Ferak. 

Jurupa Valley was given a $253 cost per crime and only had 308.54 crimes per 100,000 residents in 2018 according to Microotrends.com.

Provo was given a $245 crime cost per capita and Neighbourhood Scout said that the city only sees 14.95 crimes per 1000 residents annually.

Meridian was given a $230 crime cost per capita and your “chance of being a victim of violent crime in Meridian is 1 in 580 and property crime is 1 in 137,” according to Neighbourhood Scout.

Glendale was given a $210 crime cost per capita and the city has a very low overall crime rate, which Neighborhood Scots said: "equates to a rate of 5 per one thousand inhabitants."

Carmel was given a $205 crime cost per capita and is in the 95th percentile for safest cities in the US according to Crime Grade.

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West Covina was given a $181 crime cost per capita and Niche.com revealed that the city only has an average of 1 murder per 100,000 people.

Photo by Facebook @WestCovinaCity

Sunnyvale was given a $156 crime cost per capita and your chance of ever suffering a violent crime in the city is 1 in 657 according to Neighborhood Scout. 

Naperville was given a $156 crime cost per capita and is truly one of the safest cities in America, seeing just 0.7 murders per 100,000 people annually based on statistics from Neighborhood Scout.