State Overview
Rankings across all 50 states by category. Safe Index runs 0–100 — higher is safer.
51
States Ranked
71
Avg Safe Index
Hawaii
Safest State
Arkansas
Highest Risk
Overall Safe Index
Composite of all eight weighted factors.
10 Safest
1HIHawaii
91
2FLFlorida
88
3NJNew Jersey
88
4MEMaine
86
5CTConnecticut
85
6PAPennsylvania
81
7MSMississippi
81
8NHNew Hampshire
81
9RIRhode Island
80
10VAVirginia
79
10 Riskiest
1ARArkansas
44
2MTMontana
46
3DCDistrict of Columbia
46
4MIMichigan
51
5SDSouth Dakota
53
6NMNew Mexico
53
7OROregon
57
8AKAlaska
57
9KSKansas
57
10DEDelaware
60
Violent Crime
FBI NIBRS sex offenses and kidnapping/abduction by state.
10 Safest
1MSMississippi
100
2MEMaine
98
3FLFlorida
96
4CTConnecticut
95
5RIRhode Island
94
6NJNew Jersey
93
7NHNew Hampshire
92
8HIHawaii
92
9PAPennsylvania
92
10WYWyoming
89
10 Riskiest
1DCDistrict of Columbia
0
2NMNew Mexico
38
3TNTennessee
56
4ARArkansas
57
5COColorado
60
6MTMontana
62
7OKOklahoma
63
8NVNevada
66
9MDMaryland
67
10MIMichigan
67
Registry Watch
Registered sex offender density per 100k residents.
10 Safest
1NJNew Jersey
100
2SCSouth Carolina
98
3ALAlabama
97
4MAMassachusetts
97
5FLFlorida
95
6LALouisiana
95
7UTUtah
93
8KYKentucky
91
9MDMaryland
91
10MSMississippi
91
10 Riskiest
1OROregon
0
2MIMichigan
0
3DEDelaware
10
4AKAlaska
12
5ARArkansas
12
6SDSouth Dakota
17
7MTMontana
21
8WYWyoming
22
9KSKansas
24
10VTVermont
31
Missing Persons
Missing persons reports per state (sample data).
10 Safest
1FLFlorida
100
2NJNew Jersey
100
3MSMississippi
98
4CTConnecticut
93
5PAPennsylvania
92
6RIRhode Island
92
7MEMaine
91
8HIHawaii
88
9VTVermont
83
10ALAlabama
82
10 Riskiest
1MTMontana
0
2NMNew Mexico
20
3UTUtah
25
4ARArkansas
27
5COColorado
31
6KSKansas
33
7TNTennessee
37
8DCDistrict of Columbia
39
9OKOklahoma
40
10NDNorth Dakota
46
Economic Pulse
Poverty rate as a correlative socioeconomic indicator.
10 Safest
1NHNew Hampshire
100
2UTUtah
85
3MNMinnesota
84
4COColorado
82
5MDMaryland
79
6NJNew Jersey
79
7VTVermont
78
8NDNorth Dakota
77
9IDIdaho
76
10NENebraska
75
10 Riskiest
1LALouisiana
0
2MSMississippi
5
3NMNew Mexico
17
4WVWest Virginia
22
5KYKentucky
24
6OKOklahoma
27
7ALAlabama
28
8ARArkansas
30
9DCDistrict of Columbia
32
10NYNew York
41
Kid-Friendly Areas
Density of schools and parks where families gather.
10 Safest
1MDMaryland
100
2HIHawaii
100
3VAVirginia
99
4FLFlorida
99
5NVNevada
97
6GAGeorgia
97
7DEDelaware
96
8PAPennsylvania
94
9MAMassachusetts
93
10SCSouth Carolina
93
10 Riskiest
1AKAlaska
0
2SDSouth Dakota
9
3MTMontana
26
4WYWyoming
42
5NDNorth Dakota
45
6MNMinnesota
52
7NENebraska
57
8KSKansas
64
9OKOklahoma
66
10NMNew Mexico
67
Civic Tension
Proximity to ICE detention centers and documented protest sites.
10 Safest
1ARArkansas
100
2MTMontana
100
3DCDistrict of Columbia
100
4MIMichigan
100
5NMNew Mexico
100
6SDSouth Dakota
100
7AKAlaska
100
8KSKansas
100
9DEDelaware
100
10TNTennessee
100
10 Riskiest
1IAIowa
0
2MAMassachusetts
32
3AZArizona
35
4GAGeorgia
42
5MNMinnesota
44
6NJNew Jersey
48
7CACalifornia
59
8WAWashington
59
9OHOhio
59
10OROregon
62
Retail & Activity
Commercial density — retail, fast food, foot-traffic areas.
10 Safest
1MTMontana
100
2NMNew Mexico
100
3SDSouth Dakota
100
4AKAlaska
100
5KSKansas
100
6DEDelaware
100
7WYWyoming
100
8NDNorth Dakota
100
9VTVermont
100
10MOMissouri
100
10 Riskiest
1DCDistrict of Columbia
0
2AZArizona
45
3NVNevada
58
4MNMinnesota
65
5OKOklahoma
67
6TNTennessee
71
7NYNew York
72
8TXTexas
73
9WAWashington
74
10COColorado
77
Environmental Risk
Composite of NOAA storm frequency, FEMA flood coverage, and EPA TRI facility density.
10 Safest
1AKAlaska
100
2HIHawaii
100
3GAGeorgia
83
4NDNorth Dakota
82
5MEMaine
81
6OROregon
79
7NVNevada
77
8WAWashington
77
9IDIdaho
77
10LALouisiana
76
10 Riskiest
1AZArizona
41
2PAPennsylvania
44
3NJNew Jersey
48
4MAMassachusetts
48
5MSMississippi
49
6CTConnecticut
49
7RIRhode Island
52
8TNTennessee
53
9MDMaryland
53
10ARArkansas
53
Scores are educational estimates from publicly available data. Higher Safe Index = lower measured risk. See Transparency for full methodology.