In order to determine the safest cities in which to live, WalletHub compared 182 cities — including the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state — across three key dimensions: 1) Home & Community Safety, 2) Natural-Disaster Risk, and 3) Financial Safety.
They evaluated those dimensions using 42 relevant metrics, which are listed below with their corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest level of safety.
WalletHub then determined each city’s weighted average across all metrics to calculate its overall score and used the resulting scores to rank-order their sample. In determining the sample, WalletHub considered only the city proper in each case, excluding cities in the surrounding metro area.
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