🏆 2026 Ranking

50 Safest Cities to
Move To in 2026

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report 2019. No estimates — only cities with confirmed data are included.

251
Cities in dataset
49.2
Lowest rate (#1 Naples FL)
FBI UCR
Data source
2019
Data year

Methodology

Data source: FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) 2019, Table 8 — Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by State and City. This is the most recent year of FBI city-level crime data with broad national coverage.

Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Violent crime is defined by the FBI as murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Inclusion criteria: Only cities where the FBI data could be matched with high confidence to our city dataset — same state, matching city name, population over 5,000, no footnoted or suppressed entries. Cities like Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Indianapolis are absent because they did not submit data to the FBI UCR in 2019, not because they are safe or unsafe.

Grades: A (<100), B (100–249), C (250–449), D (450–649), F (≥650) per 100,000 residents.

The 50 Safest Cities — Ranked

Rank City Violent Crime / 100k Grade Median Home Price Explore
#1 Naples, FL 49.2 A — Very Low $794,850 Find neighborhoods →
#2 Weirton, WV 60.1 A — Very Low $143,611 Find neighborhoods →
#3 Heber, UT 64.2 A — Very Low $1.2M Find neighborhoods →
#4 Pinehurst, NC 66.6 A — Very Low $666,938 Find neighborhoods →
#5 Sebastian, FL 72.4 A — Very Low $865,508 Find neighborhoods →
#6 McAllen, TX 96.6 A — Very Low $227,233 Find neighborhoods →
#7 Bangor, ME 109.8 B — Low $286,022 Find neighborhoods →
#8 Blacksburg, VA 111.2 B — Low $427,443 Find neighborhoods →
#9 Fredericksburg, TX 112.4 B — Low $529,816 Find neighborhoods →
#10 Provo, UT 115.2 B — Low $503,143 Find neighborhoods →
#11 Lebanon, NH 117.1 B — Low $587,476 Find neighborhoods →
#12 Marietta, OH 125.5 B — Low $161,628 Find neighborhoods →
#13 Albany, OR 127.3 B — Low $413,230 Find neighborhoods →
#14 Lewiston, ID 127.5 B — Low $378,148 Find neighborhoods →
#15 Ithaca, NY 131.7 B — Low $419,338 Find neighborhoods →
#16 Defiance, OH 132.5 B — Low $198,400 Find neighborhoods →
#17 Midland, MI 134.0 B — Low $434,849 Find neighborhoods →
#18 Columbus, IN 139.6 B — Low $291,093 Find neighborhoods →
#19 Concord, NH 149.4 B — Low $504,491 Find neighborhoods →
#20 Bend, OR 153.1 B — Low $823,409 Find neighborhoods →
#21 Sterling, IL 179.2 B — Low $112,421 Find neighborhoods →
#22 Stephenville, TX 179.3 B — Low $289,000 Find neighborhoods →
#23 Wenatchee, WA 179.6 B — Low $672,817 Find neighborhoods →
#24 Sandpoint, ID 180.3 B — Low $649,774 Find neighborhoods →
#25 Truckee, CA 186.6 B — Low $1.9M Find neighborhoods →
#26 Dubuque, IA 189.7 B — Low $231,568 Find neighborhoods →
#27 Muscatine, IA 197.3 B — Low $352,252 Find neighborhoods →
#28 Ames, IA 197.8 B — Low $320,024 Find neighborhoods →
#29 Elgin, IL 198.9 B — Low $352,445 Find neighborhoods →
#30 Harrisonburg, VA 205.9 B — Low $421,224 Find neighborhoods →
#31 Morgantown, WV 214.2 B — Low $306,293 Find neighborhoods →
#32 Logan, UT 217.2 B — Low $430,849 Find neighborhoods →
#33 Manitowoc, WI 224.6 B — Low $159,961 Find neighborhoods →
#34 Owensboro, KY 224.6 B — Low $209,516 Find neighborhoods →
#35 Janesville, WI 228.8 B — Low $276,812 Find neighborhoods →
#36 Hattiesburg, MS 230.6 B — Low $188,587 Find neighborhoods →
#37 Hailey, ID 233.2 B — Low $1.5M Find neighborhoods →
#38 Portland, ME 242.3 B — Low $611,408 Find neighborhoods →
#39 Raleigh, NC 255.7 C — Moderate $593,202 Find neighborhoods →
#40 Mankato, MN 256.1 C — Moderate $291,541 Find neighborhoods →
#41 Boulder, CO 256.2 C — Moderate $844,742 Find neighborhoods →
#42 Longview, WA 263.8 C — Moderate $390,424 Find neighborhoods →
#43 Honolulu, HI 270.6 C — Moderate $914,963 Find neighborhoods →
#44 Bellingham, WA 273.1 C — Moderate $672,162 Find neighborhoods →
#45 Appleton, WI 275.6 C — Moderate $319,947 Find neighborhoods →
#46 Danville, VA 278.7 C — Moderate $69,775 Find neighborhoods →
#47 Chambersburg, PA 279.2 C — Moderate $220,000 Find neighborhoods →
#48 Thomasville, GA 280.6 C — Moderate $194,932 Find neighborhoods →
#49 Paducah, KY 285.9 C — Moderate $211,223 Find neighborhoods →
#50 Frankfort, KY 292.2 C — Moderate $258,910 Find neighborhoods →

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About this ranking

This list covers cities in NeighborSeek's dataset of 251 US markets with confirmed FBI UCR crime data. The FBI's city-level data is the most standardized, comparable crime dataset available — it's what researchers, journalists, and policymakers use to compare cities. We use it as-is, without adjustment or smoothing.

Some notable caveats: crime reporting practices vary by department. A city with very low numbers may reflect genuinely low crime, or it may partly reflect a police department that under-counts or uses narrower definitions for some offense categories. The FBI footnotes agencies with data quality concerns — those footnoted entries are excluded from this ranking.

City-level rates also mask neighborhood-level variation. A city ranking well overall may have specific neighborhoods with much higher crime — and vice versa. Use this ranking to identify promising cities, then research neighborhoods specifically before making a decision.

Frequently asked questions

What is the safest city to move to in 2026?
Naples, FL ranks #1 with a violent crime rate of just 49 per 100,000 residents — the lowest in our dataset. Naples is a Gulf Coast city in southwest Florida known for its beaches, high incomes, and consistently low crime. Other top-five cities: Weirton, WV; Heber, UT; Pinehurst, NC; and Sebastian, FL.
How is this ranking calculated?
Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from the FBI Uniform Crime Report 2019, Table 8. Only cities with clean, directly matched data are included — no estimates, no footnoted entries. Violent crime includes murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as defined by the FBI.
Why isn't my city on the list?
Several major cities — including Atlanta, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Indianapolis — did not submit crime data to the FBI UCR in 2019. We exclude any city where we can't confirm the data with a direct match. Absence from this list doesn't mean a city is unsafe — it may simply mean its data wasn't in the FBI's report.
Does a low violent crime rate mean a city is completely safe?
No single metric captures safety fully. A city-wide rate can mask wide variation between neighborhoods. Property crime, traffic safety, and neighborhood character all matter too. Use this list as a starting point, then research specific neighborhoods before any decision.