The safest cities in America

[Natural Citizen]

I'm not what you'd call a city person. In fact, I detest them, for the most part.

But...there are times when you simply cannot avoid them.

Anyway, I was just casually browsing through statistics for cities and wondered where the safest cities were.

I decided what better city to start with than President Joe Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.


Good news! If you ever find yourself looking for a night on the town, it happens to be safer than 2% of the sum of all American cities, with only a 1 in 60 chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime...

Source: https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/de/wilmington/



Tour the history and scenery of the place the President calls home...

 

[MaryL]

Being safe is racist.

 

[ChemEngineer]

I live in what has been named "The Safest City in America" for at least ten years.
Irvine, California

City Council likes to boast that our fine police department makes it so.

I challenged them on it. I asked if the Santa Ana Police Department all traded places with
our police department, would crime take an immediate increase and Santa Ana's go down.

They didn't answer for obvious reasons.

Ditto our school teachers. Same swap. Same crickets.

It's the people.

 

[frigidweirdo]

I live in what has been named "The Safest City in America" for at least ten years.
Irvine, California

City Council likes to boast that our fine police department makes it so.

I challenged them on it. I asked if the Santa Ana Police Department all traded places with
our police department, would crime take an immediate increase and Santa Ana's go down.

They didn't answer for obvious reasons.

Ditto our school teachers. Same swap. Same crickets.

It's the people.

And often it's about jobs and opportunities too.
Good people have certain things that reduce their desire to commit crime.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I live in what has been named "The Safest City in America" for at least ten years.
Irvine, California

City Council likes to boast that our fine police department makes it so.

I challenged them on it. I asked if the Santa Ana Police Department all traded places with
our police department, would crime take an immediate increase and Santa Ana's go down.

They didn't answer for obvious reasons.

Ditto our school teachers. Same swap. Same crickets.

It's the people.

Irvine, per the neighborhoodscout web site, is safer than 36% of the sum of all American cities, with a 1 in 1,672 chance of being a victim of a violent crime.

Irvine, CA Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

Most accurate 2021 crime rates for Irvine, CA. Your chance of being a victim of violent crime in Irvine is 1 in 1672 and property crime is 1 in 63. Compare Irvine crime data to other cities, states, and neighborhoods in the U.S. on NeighborhoodScout.

www.neighborhoodscout.com

 

[Natural Citizen]

Chicago is often cited as being extremely dangerous.

It's safer than 10% of the sum of all American cities, with a 1 in 103 chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime.

Chicago Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

Most accurate 2021 crime rates for Chicago, IL. Your chance of being a victim of violent crime in Chicago is 1 in 186 and property crime is 1 in 31. Compare Chicago crime data to other cities, states, and neighborhoods in the U.S. on NeighborhoodScout.

www.neighborhoodscout.com

Chicago, however, is statistically much safer than President Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, which, as was stated, is only safer than 2% of the sum of all American cities, with a 1 in 60 chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime.

 

[Persuader]

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[Mr Natural]

Avoid the 'hood and you'll be fine.

 

[buttercup]

I live in what has been named "The Safest City in America" for at least ten years.
Irvine, California

City Council likes to boast that our fine police department makes it so.

I challenged them on it. I asked if the Santa Ana Police Department all traded places with
our police department, would crime take an immediate increase and Santa Ana's go down.

They didn't answer for obvious reasons.

Ditto our school teachers. Same swap. Same crickets.

It's the people.

Apparently, it still is:

https://www.cityofirvine.org/news-media/news-article/irvine-safest-city-its-size-17th-year-0

I haven't been there recently, but I know that's a nice area. My aunt and uncle used to own a gorgeous home in Laguna Niguel, IIRC with an ocean view.