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Salem, Oregon, has the fewest law-enforcement employees per capita, contributing to its home and community safety ranking of 52nd overall, per WalletHub's study. It had the 13th-lowest natural-disaster risk ranking and placed 31st in financial safety among the 182 cities studied. South Burlington — which was named the No. 1 safest city in WalletHub's 2024 report — features one of the lowest unemployment rates of the cities included in WalletHub's analysis, tied for first place with Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Rapid City, South Dakota, Burlington, Vermont, and Miami, Florida. It also has the lowest percentage of uninsured people, contributing to its financial safety ranking of third overall. It ranked 46th in home and community safety and sixth in natural-disaster risk. Yonkers, which is just north of the Bronx, moved up a spot from its No. 6 position in WalletHub's 2024 ranking. This year, it placed third in home and community safety, 29th in natural-disaster risk, and 118th in financial safety. Juneau jumped from the 16th-safest city in WalletHub's 2024 ranking to the fourth safest in its 2025 list. It features the lowest natural-disaster risk level out of the 182 cities named in WalletHub's study. It ranked 86th in home and community safety and 57th in financial safety. Burlington features the 14th-lowest risk of flooding, 21st-lowest risk of tornados, and the 31st lowest risk of wildfires, contributing to its overall natural-disaster risk ranking of sixth place. It ranked 33rd in home and community safety thanks to its 26th-lowest murder rate. Burlington also placed ninth in financial safety. All told, WalletHub named Burlington the third-safest city in the US. Overland Park earned the title of second-safest city in the US with statistics such as the 15th-lowest rate of traffic fatalities, the fifth-lowest pedestrian fatality rate, and the lowest percentage of residents living in poverty. In WalletHub's overall category ranking, Overland Park placed fourth in home and community safety, 118th in natural-disaster risk, and 16th in financial safety. WalletHub named Warwick, Rhode Island, the safest city in the US. With the 10th-lowest risk of wildfires, the seventh-lowest number of thefts per capita, and the third-lowest number of aggravated assaults per capita, both its natural disaster and home and community safety rankings earned top 10 placements in the overall ranking. It also has the fourth-lowest percentage of residents living in poverty and living without health insurance, contributing to its financial safety ranking of 44th out of the 182 total cities named in WalletHub's analysis.
