America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime
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The cities listed here are the 117 Smallest Metropolitan Statistical Areas, ranging in population from approximately 200,000 to 55,000.
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114 Mid-size Smallest Areas
(Ranked in order from Least to Most Crime)
| Index | Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | Burglary | Larceny | Auto theft | |||
| State College | PA | 2,040 | 2.9 | 27.9 | 16.1 | 69.7 | 235.4 | 1,637.6 | 50.6 | |
| Steubenville-Weirton | OH-WV | 2,056 | 0.8 | 19.7 | 52.2 | 160.3 | 349.4 | 1,341.5 | 131.6 | |
| * | Wheeling | WV-OH | 2,126 | 3.4 | 15.9 | 41.4 | 180.0 | 414.0 | 1,371.3 | 100.2 |
| * | Pittsfield | MA | 2,149 | 0.0 | 30.3 | 40.8 | 160.9 | 406.7 | 1,342.5 | 167.9 |
| Wausau | WI | 2,168 | 0.0 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 72.1 | 369.8 | 1,594.9 | 92.4 | |
| * | Nashua | NH | 2,169 | 1.0 | 30.1 | 23.9 | 84.4 | 321.7 | 1,543.8 | 163.9 |
| * | Parkersburg-Marietta | WV-OH | 2,319 | 1.4 | 41.6 | 13.5 | 247.8 | 395.3 | 1,518.1 | 101.1 |
| Glens Falls | NY | 2,432 | 2.4 | 30.3 | 9.6 | 217.5 | 399.9 | 1,719.1 | 53.4 | |
| Williamsport | PA | 2,476 | 1.7 | 21.6 | 73.0 | 90.4 | 466.1 | 1,703.5 | 119.4 | |
| Jacksonville | NC | 2,486 | 3.2 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 104.2 | 613.2 | 1,466.4 | 236.1 | |
| Danville | VA | 2,489 | 7.0 | 22.9 | 70.5 | 242.3 | 425.5 | 1,591.2 | 129.5 | |
| Jamestown | NY | 2,500 | 1.4 | 20.6 | 40.4 | 175.8 | 462.8 | 1,706.1 | 92.9 | |
| Sharon | PA | 2,505 | 0.8 | 18.2 | 47.2 | 194.5 | 461.0 | 1,648.7 | 134.1 | |
| Bismarck | ND | 2,583 | 2.1 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 43.8 | 316.5 | 1,990.9 | 187.1 | |
| Hagerstown | MD | 2,648 | 4.4 | 21.3 | 81.6 | 240.5 | 558.3 | 1,555.7 | 186.1 | |
| La Crosse | WI-MN | 2,679 | 0.0 | 20.2 | 21.7 | 97.8 | 321.5 | 2,121.3 | 96.3 | |
| Dubuque | IA | 2,705 | 1.1 | 22.4 | 8.9 | 191.1 | 538.8 | 1,770.6 | 172.1 | |
| Rochester | MN | 2,713 | 0.8 | 41.0 | 36.3 | 127.8 | 442.4 | 1,897.3 | 167.2 | |
| * | Barnstable-Yarmouth | MA | 2,765 | 1.4 | 20.4 | 29.0 | 419.0 | 569.4 | 1,599.3 | 126.3 |
| Cumberland | MD-WV | 2,792 | 1.0 | 26.9 | 23.0 | 232.3 | 583.5 | 1,810.0 | 115.2 | |
| Kenosha | WI | 2,817 | 2.0 | 30.3 | 59.3 | 83.7 | 466.6 | 2,005.4 | 170.0 | |
| Altoona | PA | 2,855 | 2.3 | 33.2 | 87.9 | 155.7 | 712.3 | 1,702.2 | 161.1 | |
| Fitchburg-Leominster | MA-NH | 2,866 | 2.1 | 37.5 | 77.1 | 256.2 | 535.9 | 1,730.7 | 226.3 | |
| Sioux Falls | SD | 2,896 | 0.6 | 77.1 | 31.1 | 152.4 | 502.2 | 1,997.3 | 135.2 | |
| * | Elmira | NY | 2,927 | 3.0 | 34.1 | 34.2 | 176.8 | 379.6 | 2,229.8 | 69.6 |
| Florence | AL | 2,945 | 2.8 | 16.6 | 40.2 | 138.7 | 574.1 | 2,090.6 | 81.8 | |
| Pocatello | ID | 3,020 | 1.3 | 35.8 | 10.2 | 268.1 | 413.7 | 2,182.1 | 108.5 | |
| Eau Claire | WI | 3,028 | 0.7 | 18.6 | 15.3 | 101.0 | 482.5 | 2,254.8 | 154.8 | |
| Fort Walton Beach | FL | 3,056 | 2.2 | 32.5 | 60.6 | 250.1 | 511.0 | 2,043.8 | 155.9 | |
| Sheboygan | WI | 3,059 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 14.9 | 66.5 | 363.2 | 2,471.3 | 107.6 | |
| * | Charlottesville | VA | 3,088 | 3.9 | 34.1 | 61.8 | 327.3 | 429.7 | 2,099.9 | 130.9 |
| * | Bloomington-Normal | IL | 3,161 | 1.0 | 30.1 | 27.0 | 178.5 | 590.6 | 2,261.2 | 73.0 |
| Fargo-Moorhead | ND-MN | 3,238 | 0.0 | 44.9 | 11.5 | 86.3 | 440.6 | 2,459.5 | 195.0 | |
| St. Cloud | MN | 3,247 | 0.6 | 65.0 | 24.0 | 101.9 | 367.1 | 2,527.5 | 160.4 | |
| Punta Gorda | FL | 3,268 | 1.4 | 23.0 | 36.5 | 270.1 | 729.9 | 2,034.4 | 172.2 | |
| * | New Bedford | MA | 3,310 | 4.1 | 46.0 | 133.3 | 423.8 | 802.7 | 1,489.3 | 411.1 |
| Burlington | VT | 3,320 | 4.9 | 9.8 | 20.8 | 96.8 | 691.3 | 2,364.3 | 131.8 | |
| Lewiston-Auburn | ME | 3,322 | 2.0 | 48.0 | 36.2 | 45.1 | 627.8 | 2,435.7 | 127.3 | |
| Redding | CA | 3,350 | 3.0 | 64.4 | 59.7 | 360.4 | 862.6 | 1,643.7 | 355.7 | |
| Owensboro | KY | 3,440 | 4.3 | 23.7 | 52.9 | 155.3 | 637.5 | 2,433.6 | 132.7 | |
| Iowa City | IA | 3,460 | 0.0 | 47.6 | 52.1 | 328.5 | 504.5 | 2,404.8 | 122.1 | |
| Bloomington | IN | 3,460 | 5.7 | 42.6 | 34.4 | 128.6 | 553.5 | 2,508.2 | 186.7 | |
| Grand Junction | CO | 3,529 | 0.8 | 19.7 | 23.8 | 163.4 | 587.8 | 2,491.7 | 241.4 | |
| Lafayette | IN | 3,585 | 3.2 | 44.8 | 30.2 | 146.3 | 659.3 | 2,559.6 | 142.0 | |
| Muncie | IN | 3,591 | 1.7 | 62.3 | 69.0 | 160.4 | 586.8 | 2,514.5 | 196.2 | |
| Decatur | AL | 3,610 | 4.1 | 16.3 | 83.6 | 101.3 | 799.1 | 2,461.9 | 144.1 | |
| Lima | OH | 3,662 | 3.2 | 58.3 | 100.0 | 187.8 | 726.2 | 2,377.4 | 209.0 | |
| Yuma | AZ | 3,730 | 1.8 | 22.3 | 40.5 | 357.8 | 766.8 | 2,123.5 | 417.2 | |
| Racine | WI | 3,736 | 1.0 | 21.4 | 133.6 | 90.8 | 670.3 | 2,574.1 | 244.8 | |
| * | Dothan | AL | 3,773 | 3.4 | 48.1 | 83.0 | 141.0 | 711.1 | 2,616.1 | 170.2 |
| Jackson | MI | 3,796 | 5.0 | 72.4 | 61.8 | 355.8 | 661.6 | 2,353.2 | 286.5 | |
| Dover | DE | 3,796 | 5.0 | 72.4 | 61.8 | 355.8 | 661.6 | 2,353.2 | 286.5 | |
| Bangor | ME | 3,812 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 30.2 | 36.0 | 437.8 | 3,184.3 | 113.8 | |
| Columbia | MO | 3,878 | 2.2 | 26.9 | 76.5 | 249.8 | 482.8 | 2,847.2 | 193.0 | |
| Yolo | CA | 3,919 | 2.9 | 35.5 | 95.5 | 345.4 | 830.4 | 2,026.2 | 583.3 | |
| Grand Forks | ND-MN | 3,930 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 13.4 | 81.2 | 606.5 | 2,911.1 | 263.1 | |
| Corvallis | OR | 3,958 | 1.3 | 13.9 | 39.1 | 132.4 | 597.5 | 2,992.6 | 181.5 | |
| Cheyenne | WY | 3,963 | 2.4 | 48.5 | 40.0 | 131.0 | 389.5 | 3,203.2 | 148.0 | |
| Kokomo | IN | 4,039 | 4.9 | 25.3 | 49.6 | 279.0 | 762.3 | 2,714.6 | 203.2 | |
| * | Champaign-Urbana | IL | 4,065 | 3.8 | 24.3 | 72.3 | 287.2 | 780.1 | 2,775.0 | 122.1 |
| * | Decatur | IL | 4,101 | 2.2 | 24.3 | 90.2 | 359.7 | 873.4 | 2,643.6 | 107.5 |
| Abilene | TX | 4,139 | 3.8 | 46.9 | 82.5 | 208.8 | 1,030.4 | 2,585.7 | 180.8 | |
| Elkhart-Goshen | IN | 4,224 | 4.3 | 20.5 | 98.3 | 151.8 | 897.6 | 2,782.0 | 269.5 | |
| Sherman-Denison | TX | 4,232 | 2.6 | 19.0 | 70.1 | 183.5 | 816.3 | 2,906.0 | 234.6 | |
| Benton Harbor | MI | 4,237 | 4.9 | 68.2 | 61.5 | 399.3 | 777.9 | 2,671.6 | 253.2 | |
| Mansfield | OH | 4,314 | 4.5 | 43.5 | 61.1 | 45.8 | 963.4 | 3,008.4 | 187.7 | |
| Cedar Rapids | IA | 4,388 | 1.0 | 34.3 | 57.7 | 163.2 | 732.4 | 3,203.0 | 196.0 | |
| Hattiesburg | MS | 4,393 | 11.5 | 30.2 | 154.3 | 89.6 | 1,020.1 | 2,842.0 | 244.8 | |
| Janesville-Beloit | WI | 4,395 | 0.6 | 25.9 | 73.8 | 138.5 | 679.6 | 3,271.7 | 205.2 | |
| Yuba City | CA | 4,407 | 4.9 | 45.1 | 65.2 | 360.5 | 1,005.8 | 2,311.1 | 614.2 | |
| Santa Fe | NM | 4,465 | 5.2 | 45.1 | 72.8 | 348.0 | 1,740.0 | 2,047.4 | 206.2 | |
| Medford-Ashland | OR | 4,475 | 0.5 | 25.7 | 39.7 | 198.3 | 660.3 | 3,316.7 | 233.7 | |
| Houma | LA | 4,540 | 3.1 | 41.0 | 78.4 | 391.1 | 941.2 | 2,877.4 | 208.1 | |
| Billings | MT | 4,617 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 52.9 | 181.8 | 398.8 | 3,703.6 | 267.7 | |
| Lawrence | KS | 4,623 | 2.0 | 36.6 | 44.6 | 289.2 | 839.7 | 3,217.3 | 193.1 | |
| Joplin | MO | 4,636 | 1.3 | 33.2 | 50.8 | 451.4 | 797.5 | 3,018.2 | 283.4 | |
| Jonesboro | AR | 4,638 | 3.6 | 10.8 | 91.3 | 237.8 | 782.9 | 3,235.1 | 276.2 | |
| * | Missoula | MT | 4,729 | 1.9 | 20.1 | 65.6 | 242.6 | 466.9 | 3,651.4 | 280.9 |
| * | Kankakee | IL | 4,732 | 8.0 | 26.1 | 145.2 | 441.7 | 956.5 | 2,837.6 | 316.9 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls | IA | 4,767 | 0.8 | 49.8 | 77.8 | 233.5 | 1,111.6 | 3,038.9 | 254.5 | |
| * | Las Cruces | NM | 4,778 | 8.2 | 74.6 | 56.6 | 317.6 | 1,093.8 | 3,043.0 | 183.8 |
| Texarkana | TX-AR | 4,847 | 6.0 | 37.2 | 112.5 | 389.5 | 933.9 | 3,087.6 | 280.0 | |
| Rapid City | SD | 4,933 | 2.2 | 103.0 | 33.6 | 196.0 | 723.5 | 3,686.7 | 188.1 | |
| * | Terre Haute | IN | 4,934 | 5.8 | 31.0 | 74.9 | 220.4 | 998.3 | 3,361.3 | 242.3 |
| Goldsboro | NC | 4,955 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 104.1 | 325.2 | 1,308.7 | 2,930.6 | 272.3 | |
| Pueblo | CO | 4,999 | 4.7 | 20.9 | 117.4 | 372.4 | 985.7 | 3,208.0 | 290.1 | |
| Casper | WY | 5,000 | 4.5 | 20.8 | 26.8 | 221.7 | 992.6 | 3,448.1 | 285.7 | |
| Tyler | TX | 5,016 | 4.4 | 70.1 | 99.2 | 331.0 | 1,030.2 | 3,147.7 | 333.2 | |
| St. Joseph | MO | 5,036 | 0.0 | 21.2 | 66.4 | 127.0 | 758.4 | 3,834.2 | 229.1 | |
| Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton | NJ | 5,048 | 5.4 | 25.4 | 270.2 | 390.6 | 1,177.9 | 2,879.6 | 299.0 | |
| Lawton | OK | 5,103 | 6.9 | 52.0 | 136.1 | 442.8 | 1,176.0 | 2,977.6 | 312.0 | |
| Gadsden | AL | 5,194 | 4.8 | 35.4 | 99.6 | 631.4 | 1,026.1 | 3,044.8 | 351.6 | |
| Victoria | TX | 5,218 | 17.1 | 67.2 | 130.9 | 454.3 | 939.3 | 3,398.6 | 210.6 | |
| Bellingham | WA | 5,238 | 2.3 | 60.0 | 52.4 | 131.0 | 981.0 | 3,697.0 | 313.8 | |
| Albany | GA | 5,308 | 5.5 | 39.6 | 183.6 | 213.7 | 1,248.2 | 3,325.9 | 291.3 | |
| Athens | GA | 5,324 | 5.6 | 35.5 | 107.8 | 175.8 | 842.0 | 3,794.3 | 363.4 | |
| Bryan-College Station | TX | 5,364 | 3.8 | 66.6 | 61.6 | 307.8 | 880.7 | 3,827.3 | 216.1 | |
| Enid | OK | 5,417 | 0.0 | 59.8 | 42.7 | 333.1 | 1,170.3 | 3,580.8 | 230.6 | |
| Sioux City | IA-NE | 5,443 | 2.4 | 40.9 | 62.5 | 388.9 | 1,129.8 | 3,487.2 | 331.2 | |
| Jackson | TN | 5,514 | 5.5 | 52.1 | 174.6 | 585.8 | 1,052.0 | 3,227.2 | 416.8 | |
| Rocky Mount | NC | 5,600 | 6.8 | 15.6 | 155.6 | 273.3 | 1,340.0 | 3,527.5 | 280.7 | |
| Tuscaloosa | AL | 5,609 | 5.4 | 50.5 | 147.9 | 321.6 | 1,122.4 | 3,614.4 | 346.9 | |
| San Angelo | TX | 5,655 | 0.0 | 58.0 | 46.0 | 270.6 | 1,065.0 | 3,990.2 | 225.5 | |
| Auburn-Opelika | AL | 5,670 | 6.0 | 51.7 | 134.4 | 391.0 | 1,438.3 | 3,450.1 | 198.9 | |
| Anniston | AL | 5,840 | 9.7 | 46.8 | 196.9 | 435.3 | 1,338.7 | 3,536.6 | 276.4 | |
| Flagstaff | AZ | 6,042 | 1.5 | 55.4 | 56.2 | 446.2 | 877.8 | 4,286.1 | 318.5 | |
| Greenville | NC | 6,111 | 8.7 | 27.5 | 196.0 | 410.7 | 1,465.7 | 3,726.7 | 275.5 | |
| Sumter | SC | 6,200 | 8.4 | 42.9 | 192.3 | 772.0 | 1,417.0 | 3,218.6 | 548.9 | |
| Great Falls | MT | 6,227 | 4.9 | 25.9 | 45.7 | 313.6 | 460.5 | 5,138.0 | 238.3 | |
| Panama City | FL | 6,241 | 5.2 | 72.9 | 116.1 | 554.2 | 1,111.0 | 4,124.0 | 257.4 | |
| Lake Charles | LA | 6,283 | 7.1 | 59.7 | 177.0 | 446.4 | 1,793.8 | 3,427.9 | 371.5 | |
| Wichita Falls | TX | 6,368 | 7.5 | 27.9 | 174.4 | 525.3 | 1,330.6 | 3,927.2 | 374.7 | |
| Florence | SC | 6,635 | 3.1 | 49.7 | 190.3 | 635.4 | 1,200.1 | 4,118.3 | 438.1 | |
| Alexandria | LA | 6,687 | 14.2 | 28.4 | 179.1 | 796.2 | 1,649.3 | 3,718.3 | 301.4 | |
| * | Monroe | LA | 6,721 | 8.0 | 53.2 | 122.2 | 678.6 | 1,339.2 | 4,222.5 | 297.7 |
| Pine Bluff | AR | 7,046 | 16.4 | 57.4 | 272.7 | 601.6 | 1,342.6 | 4,189.2 | 566.5 | |
| Topeka | KS | 7,355 | 4.7 | 47.8 | 250.0 | 344.4 | 1,212.1 | 5,062.8 | 433.0 |
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