The 10 Safest Cities In America For 2024

Population: 148,929
Rank Last Year: 2 (Up 1)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 52 (2nd safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 813 (7th safest)
More on Naperville: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

Welcome to Naperville. One heck of a safe and quiet place. The number of violent and property crimes is just about as low as you can get for a city this big - where you have a 1 in 1,300 chance of being the victim of a major crime.

Naperville is a Chicago suburb. But this ain't nothin like Chicago. Noooo. In Chicago, 1,400 people got shot last year. In Naperville, there were half as many car break-ins, last year, let alone people getting shot. In Chicago, your kids have to run home from school every day.

You can bet that if a missing dog, a little old lady, or even Kathy Griffin needed help in Naperville, someone would lend a helping hand, no matter what. That's the type of place this is.

Population: 102,921
Rank Last Year: -
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 77 (6th safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 750 (3rd safest)
More on Fishers: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

If you're thinking of moving to America and safety is a top priority, then you can't do much better than Fishers -- the 2nd safest in America.

Fishers is the kind of place that old timers talk about longingly -- where kids can run around during the day without adult supervision and you can leave your front door unlocked.

You only had a 1 in 133.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fishers.

Population: 101,670
Rank Last Year: 1 (Down 2)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 64 (4th safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 807 (6th safest)
More on Carmel: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

You might not post on Facebook that much, but now's a time to change that. Be proud that Carmel ranks as the 3rd safest city in America.

Go on. With all the negativity on Facebook all the time now, this is great news for Carmel.

We'll wait here safe and sound.

Population: 125,585
Rank Last Year: 18 (Up 14)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 94 (11th safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 851 (8th safest)
More on Simi Valley: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

This gem of a place boasts the 8th best property crime rate and 11th best violent crime rate for 2019.

Population: 108,218
Rank Last Year: 7 (Up 2)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 97 (12th safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 920 (10th safest)
More on Allen: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

Welcome to Allen, Texas, the 5th safest city in America. So peaceful/ Allen is another Dallas suburb. It's basically right next door to Frisco. Here, you have a 1 in 1,200 chance of being the victim of some sort of crime. When someone gets rubbed out here, it's like a huge deal. There's only been five people wiped out here since 2002.

In Allen, neighbors support their local sports teams. People pitch in to help one another. And you can bet that residents in Allen are proud of their accomplishments. You and I have to worry about all sorts of stuff people in Allen don't. You know, like having our car stolen when we're at the club. Or, getting beat up because we talked to the wrong girl.

Seems like Allen is just the opposite of that lifestyle. If you live there, consider yourself lucky!

Population: 228,855
Rank Last Year: 10 (Up 4)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 116 (18th safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 761 (5th safest)
More on Port St. Lucie: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

Everyone is trying to get in on the quality of life in Port St. Lucie, the 6th safest city in America.

The town of some 228,000 people will have to try and continue to keep Port St. Lucie a secret, lest crime starts going up simply because of people breaking down the doors to get into town.

See what we did there Port St. Lucie?

Population: 124,862
Rank Last Year: 3 (Down 4)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 57 (3rd safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 1,106 (22nd safest)
More on Thousand Oaks: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

Thousand Oaks certainly has a reason to feel safe. We could make a thousand jokes about how safe Thousand Oaks is. But I will say for perspective, in nearby Los Angeles, you'd have a 1 in 131 chance of being the victim of a bad crime. Here in Thousand Oaks, your chances would be faaaar less - closer to 1 in 750.

Plus, if you lived in LA, you'd probably have bad guys for your neighbors.

Crime has been steadily falling in Thousand Oaks for the past few years, too, which puts it towards the bottom when it comes to the number of crimes that take place here. This is certainly the type of place where you can sleep well at night. However, we have to talk about what happened here in 2018 when a man went into the Borderline Bar and Grill and wiped out 12 patrons. That was in Thousand Oaks. If it wasn't for that, Thousand Oaks would be in the top 3 on our list. It was considered a truly random crime.

Population: 109,660
Rank Last Year: 12 (Up 5)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 105 (14th safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 983 (11th safest)
More on Concord: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

The eighth safest city in America for 2019 goes to Concord. Let's see why.

There were only 116 violent crimes here last year -- which is basically 0 for the average citizen. And there were only 1,079 property crimes to boot.

Population: 178,600
Rank Last Year: 4 (Down 5)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 79 (7th safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 1,105 (21st safest)
More on Cary: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

Cary, North Carolina? Now, since I live so close, I figured I might as well investigate and see what's going on and why Cary is so safe.

Cary is quite a gem. And so safe. You have only a 1 in 1,500 chance of being the victim of a major crime when you live here. There's been 8 murders here since 2002, which is very low for a city that's nearly 200,000 in population. You have only a 1 in 93 chance of being robbed here. For comparison, in Memphis, Tennessee, America's most dangerous city, you have a 1 in 30 chance of being robbed every year. That's three times higher.

You hardly ever see a Cary police car driving around. We spotted two sitting in a vacant lot for some reason.

As you drive through Cary, it seems safe enough. The supermarket looks safe. The laundromat feels safe. So does the pottery place. The African and Caribbean Market? Safe. Walmart feels safe. Even the Park N Shop looks safe. The mall is...empty. People in Cary must be Prime members or something.

The thing about Cary that is annoying is the people here are pretty rude, snobby and self entitled. They're mostly wealthy, and come from the northeast - places like New York, Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Draw your own conclusions.

Statistically, the number of crimes that happen in this Raleigh suburb is off the charts low. Like, nothing ever happens here but peace and quiet low. Is it boring? Perhaps. But can you leave your door unlocked at night? You betcha.

Population: 132,522
Rank Last Year: 17 (Up 8)
Violent Crimes Per 100k: 140 (26th safest)
Property Crimes Per 100k: 630 (2nd safest)
More on Meridian: Real Estate | Crime Report | Cost Of Living

And just making it into the top ten for 2024 is Meridian.

But we know they don't take this spot for granted -- Meridian residents can attest that their home town deserves to be the on list.

In total, there were 186 violent crimes and 836 property crimes in Meridian; that's really good for a place of 132,000 people and definitely something to be happy about looking forward into the New Year.