THE LEAST SAFE TOWNS IN THE U.S.

A new study from website The MoneyGeek has revealed the Least Safe Towns in the U.S. The study analyzed the cost of crime and ranking the small cities and towns nationwide in every state. It took into account crimes such as murder, rape and aggravated assault as well as property crimes such as burglaries and car theft. Here are the Least Safe Towns in the U.S.
1. Pine Bluff, Arkansas: With a population of 39,670, it had a crime cost per capita of $9,071, a violent crime rate of 2,067.1, a property crime rate of 5,863.4 and a cost of crime of $359,866.
2. Monroe, Louisiana: cost of crime of $363,433.
3. Houma, Louisiana: cost of crime of $250,394.
4. Alexandria, Louisiana
5. Wilmington, Delaware
6. Texarkana, Texas
7. Petersburg, Virginia
8. Saginaw, Michigan
9. Youngstown, Ohio
10. Flint, Michigan
11. Salisbury, North Carolina
12. Portsmouth, Virginia
13. Aiken, South Carolina
14. North Little Rock, Arkansas
15. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
* Let me get this straight: if you want to commit a crime in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, you first have to pay $359,866?
* I get the focus on crime making towns unsafe, but what about, for example, fires, like in Maui?
* And what about dangers to your health, like the concentration of McDonald’s locations?

The Safest Towns:
1. Yorktown, New York: cost of crime of $1,553.
2. Mason, Ohio: cost of crime of $1,619.
3. Andover, Massachusetts: cost of crime of $1,888.
4. Southlake, Texas
5. Arlington, Maryland
6. Princeton, New Jersey
7. Hampden Township, Pennsylvania
8. Carmel Hamlet, New York
9. Needham, Massachusetts
10. Greenwich, Connecticut
11. Westfield, New Jersey
12. Rexburg, Idaho
13. Sammamish, Washington
14. North Andover, Massachusetts
15. White Lake Township, Michigan
* Hold on – the town of Houma, Louisiana just mugged Mason, Ohio.
* What this tells me is Yorktown, Pennsylvania is ripe for the pickings.
* What if the cost of crime is low because the town is full of thrift stores?