Friday 29th March 2024

The National Council for Home Safety and Security (NCHSS) released its annual report on the safest cities in each U.S. state. The Safest Cities Report examines each city’s per-capita crime data to provide state rankings and simultaneously features cities that have made strides to improve or sustain a safe environment for their residents.

According to the report, Missouri, saw a 5.2% decrease in violent crime and a 6.5% decrease in property crime since last year.

Webster Groves is Missouri’s safest city. The wealthy, medium-sized St. Louis suburb logged a crime rate just above 1 per 1,000 in 2018, while its property crime rate is just one-third of the national rate.

Marshall came in 32nd with a crime rate of 26 per 1,000. The violent crime rate in Marshall came in at 2.29 per 1,000 and Property Crimes were 23.71 per 1,000.

Sedalia ranks 59th with a crime rate of 52.2 per 1,000. Property crime in Sedalia comes in at 43.72 per 1,000

Millions of Americans relocate every year, and personal safety is one of the most important factors to consider when doing so. Unfortunately, many often rely on public opinion rather than objective data. The Safest Cities Report gives everyone a detailed safety analysis to evaluate before drawing any conclusions.

Findings are a result of combining data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting tool (which relays cities’ violent and nonviolent crime data) with internal population research. Lastly, two small segments were discarded from the analysis: cities with populations under 10,000 and cities that chose not to submit complete crime reports to the FBI.

Click here to see the full list.