Map of the 15 Least Safest Towns in the US - 3 in Louisiana

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The study focused on cities with populations between 30,000 and 100,000.

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‘Many people assume that small cities and towns are safer than big cities,’ states the study from May, noting it found ‘small cities and towns tend to be safer than large cities’.

But that should be taken with a grain of salt, as the study found that ‘small and large cities may have the same per capita cost of crime’. The data showed that many unsafe towns had crime levels comparable to big cities.

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‘In Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the least safe small city, the per capita cost of crime is $9,071, even higher than St Louis, Missouri – the most dangerous city on our large city list – where the per capita cost of crime is $8,457,’ states the study.

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The least safe towns in the US have been revealed – and they’re largely concentrated in three regions of the country.

Pulling crime statistics from the FBI, MoneyGeek recently ranked American cities and towns from the safest to the most unsafe, bottoming out at number 660.

MoneyGeek utilized standardized crime statistics reported to the FBI from 2021 and calculated crime rates per 100,000 residents using population data from the federal agency. It took into consideration data on violent crimes including murder, rape and aggravated assault, and property crimes like car theft and burglaries.

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The second least safe small town, Monroe, Louisiana, has a per capita cost of crime of $7,764, while it is $7,740 for third least safe, Houma, Louisiana. The fourth least safe town is Alexandria, also in Louisiana.

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Full Data Set
The data points presented are defined as follows:

Crime Cost per Capita: Societal cost of crime per resident.
Violent Crime Rate: Composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, per 100,000 residents.
Property Crime Rate: Includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson per 100,000 residents.
Cost of Crime: Economic losses attributed to crime and its cost to society (individuals, community and nationally) in millions.

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