15 Safest Cities In The US In 2023

Whether you’re moving or buying a home for the first time, safety is likely a very important priority to you. Everyone wants to feel safe and secure in their home, so it can naturally sometimes be the deciding factor when choosing a neighborhood.

To help you consider where you might want to settle down, we’ve put together this list of cities with low property crime and violent crime rates to identify some of the safest cities in the U.S.

The 15 Safest Cities In America

When deciding where to live, safety is just one factor, but it’s a big one. When ranking the cities, we looked at FBI information regarding both property crime and violent crime rates. The cities below are ranked on that basis.

1. Cary, North Carolina

• Population: 180,388
• Violent crime rate: 8.9
• Property crime rate: 19.8
• Median household income: $113,782
• Median home price: $558,955

Cary is located in the Research Triangle, one of the largest research parks in the U.S. Employers from various industries, including science, technology and government, are located here and draw from the rich talent field of recent graduates from nearby University of North Carolina and Duke University.

2. Irvine, California

• Population: 313,605
• Violent crime rate: 8.9
• Property crime rate: 22.6
• Median household income: $114,027
• Median home price: $1,299,106

In addition to having lower crime, Irvine is a place where residents of all ages can feel safe expressing their creativity, exploring and playing. Among several amenities, the city hosts the Beall Center for Art and Technology, the Museum of California Art and the Pretend City Children’s Museum.

3. Murrieta, California

• Population: 113,783
• Violent crime rate: 8.5
• Property crime rate: 23.7
• Median household income: $98,466
• Median home price: $629,983

Murrieta is one of several Southern California cities home to a “super bloom” of golden poppies each spring. It’s also home to part of the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, which features ancient Oaks, rare bunchgrass and Prairie habitat.

4. Port St. Lucie, Florida

• Population: 231,790
• Violent crime rate: 9.1
• Property crime rate: 22.3
• Median household income: $68,647
• Median home price: $389,172

Port St. Lucie is home to the New York Mets spring training facility and a 5,000-pound replica of a conch shell at The Shell Bazaar, so there’s something for a range of interests. If those don’t appeal, perhaps snowbirds will be attracted to the city, where the annual average temperature is 74.2 degrees<