The 25 Safest Cities in America (2025)

The 25 U.S. cities with population 50,000+ and the highest FBI-based Crime Index scores for 2025, out of 759 cities we track nationally. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.

Nationally, 194 of 759 tracked cities (26%) carry a grade of D or worse. The median reported homicide rate across all 759 cities is 2.5 per 100k, versus a mean of 4.2 per 100k — the mean sits above the median because a small number of high-homicide cities pull the average up. See the full methodology.

Ranked safest to less safe

The 25 highest Crime Index scores nationally — not the same 25 cities shown on the most dangerous cities in America list.

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No area has zero risk

A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.

Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →

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