Find out which parts of America rank highest and lowest for safety.
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Ever wondered which of America's 50 states are the safest (or most dangerous)? Wonder no more.
TOP Agency compared all the states on key metrics across six categories — personal safety, public safety, financial safety, mental health, transportation and infrastructure, and public safety — and scored them to find out which states rank best or worst.
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The Safest States
- According to TOP Agency, the safest state in the US is New Hampshire, which ranks second-best for both personal and public safety, and third for public security.
- In second place is Maine, where residents enjoy the highest level of personal safety of anywhere in the US. The state also ranks fifth-best for mental health.
- Third place goes to Massachusetts, which ranks highest for public safety and second-best for mental health.
The Least Safe States
- The most unsafe of all the states is Alaska, coming last for personal safety and second-to-last for financial safety.
- Second-worst is Nevada, which ranks last overall for financial safety and comes in 46th for mental health.
- The third-least safe state is New Mexico, where residents experience the second-worst personal safety, as well as the worst transportation and infrastructure.
Info and image via TOP Agency.
