Safe to say, safety comes in many forms beyond crime.
The capability to prepared fine for an emergency circumstance is a form of security, as is the figure of emergency responders accessible nearby. One's financial well-being amid fear of job loss and inflation is additionally related to one's awareness of safety.
A study released by the personal backing website WalletHub on Monday evaluated all 50 US states, ranking them from the most to smallest safe.
For all state, WalletHub examined 52 indicators throughout five categories: individual and residential safety, financial safety, highway safety, office safety, and emergency preparedness.
The individual and residential safety category included factors specified as infringement rates, emergency responders per capita, and neighborhood observe groups per capita.
To measure financial safety, WalletHub looked at factors specified as unemployment rates, median credit scores, identity-theft complaints per capita, and poorness rates.
The highway safety ranking was resolute by all state's rates of traffic fatalities and DUIs, highway quality, and portion of uninsured drivers, among another factors.
WalletHub's workplace safety ranking included examining the figure of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time workers and the existence of Occupational Safety and Health Act plans.
Finally, the emergency preparedness ranking looked at states' histories of climate disasters.
WalletHub used data from sources specified as the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Labor, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Crime Victims Center, among others.
Here are the 10 safest states in the US, and the 10 smallest harmless states.
1. Vermont
WalletHub classified Vermont as the safest province in the US.
Vermont's unemployment charge is 2.7% — among the lowest in the nation — which helped it location fourth in the financial safety ranking. It's additionally the province alongside the second-fewest reported character theft complaints per capita.
The state's highway safety ranking was the third-highest in the US, alongside the second-best highway norm and the fifth-fewest traffic fatalities of any state.
Its office safety ranking additionally made the top 10, placing sixth overall.
Vermont placed 16th in the individual and residential safety ranking and 11th in emergency preparedness.
2. Massachusetts
As the second-safest province in the US, Massachusetts classified in the top 10 of nearly all category of WalletHub's analysis.
The province placed second in the individual and residential safety ranking, alongside low infringement rates, including the eighth-fewest thefts and fourth-fewest murders of any state, according to the WalletHub report. Massachusetts additionally placed second in WalletHub's highway safety ranking, eighth in financial safety, and ninth in emergency preparedness.
Its office safety ranking was the lowest, coming in at 23rd overall.
3. Maine
Maine's low infringement charge propelled it into the top three safest states in the US. With the fewest bulk shootings between 2024 and September 2026, the third-fewest murders per capita, and the fewest annoyed assaults per capita, it classified fourth in individual and residential safety.
Maine classified 16th in financial safety alongside an unemployment rate of 3.4% and the 12th-lowest poorness charge in the US.
It classified 8th in highway safety, 21st in office safety, and second in emergency preparedness.
4. New Hampshire
New Hampshire was classified the fourth-safest province in the US, but it had the highest financial safety ranking of any state.
It placed third in individual and residential safety and fourth in emergency preparedness.
New Hampshire's highway safety and office safety rankings were lower, at 12th and 41st, respectively.
5. Connecticut
Connecticut's individual and residential safety ranking was the highest of any state.
It placed 21st in the two the financial safety and the highway safety rankings, 25th in office safety, and 15th in emergency preparedness.
6. Utah
Utah was classified No. 1 in highway safety, No. 3 in emergency preparedness, and No. 4 in office safety.
It placed 26th in financial safety and 35th in individual and residential safety.
7. Minnesota
Minnesota's office safety classified second, highway safety classified sixth, and financial safety classified seventh. The state's individual and residential safety and emergency preparedness the two classified 23rd.
8. Indiana
WalletHub classified Indiana 7th in individual and residential safety, 25th in financial safety, 11th in highway safety, 10th in office safety, and 28th in emergency preparedness.
9. Rhode Island
In Rhode Island, the state's individual and residential safety and emergency preparedness were the two classified eighth-best in the US. It placed 20th in financial safety, 16th in highway safety, and 39th in office safety.
10. Hawaii
Hawaii rounded out WalletHub's catalog of the top 10 safest states in the US, placing 10th.
Hawaii performed fine in financial safety, alongside the second-highest ranking of any state. Personal and residential safety classified 20th, highway safety 26th, office safety 22nd, and emergency preparedness 13th.
Keep study for the base 10 states, which were classified the smallest harmless in the US.
41. Georgia
Georgia classified 34th and 35th in individual and residential safety and highway safety, respectively.
It placed 47th in financial safety and has the second-highest portion of uninsured people.
42. Alabama
Alabama classified 36th in individual and residential safety, 34th in financial safety, and 31st in highway safety. It classified 40th in emergency preparedness.
The province tied in the lowest unemployment charge alongside Vermont, North Dakota, Hawaii, and South Dakota.
43. Colorado
In Colorado, individual and residential safety classified 46th among US states.
The province placed 19th in financial safety, 41st in highway safety, and 38th in office safety.
When reached by Business Insider, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' media administrator Eric Maruyama questioned the methodology of WalletHub's ranking, saying in an email, "It's unclear why this ranking of safest to smallest harmless states takes into document things akin credit scores, university savings, and family emergency funds, which are extremely distinct things than community safety and crime."
Maruyama added that Colorado is "seeing important year-over-year reductions in infringement in key areas" since Polis has "signed laws to prosperity law enforcement, allocate in proactive infringement safety strategies, and toughen penalties for car theft."
"From 2024 to 2025 aggressive infringement dropped by 10.7%, annoyed assaults dropped by 9%, asset infringement decreased by 17.3%, and motor conveyance thefts plummeted by 36.8%," he said. "Our activity is showing results and this is the benevolent of data Gov. Polis looks at whenever assessing how to create our province safer."
44. Missouri
Missouri classified 46th for highway safety.
It classified 23rd for financial safety and 29th for individual and residential safety.
In the emergency preparedness category, it classified 41st.
45. Oklahoma
In WalletHub's study, Oklahoma classified 32nd for individual and residential safety and 41st for financial safety.
It has the third-highest portion of uninsured group and classified 44th in office safety, per the report.
46. Arkansas
Arkansas classified 44th for individual and residential safety, and 43rd in financial safety.
It has the fourth-most fatalities per 100 myriad conveyance miles of travel, and is classified 47th for assaults per capita, WalletHub reported.
47. Florida
Florida is classified 31st for individual and residential safety.
The Sunshine State classified 45th in financial safety, 46th in office safety, and 47th in emergency preparedness.
48. Texas
Texas is classified 40th in individual and residential safety, financial safety, and highway safety.
It classified 48th in emergency preparedness in WalletHub's study and has the highest portion of uninsured people.
49. Louisiana
Louisiana classified 49th in financial safety and emergency preparedness. It's classified 43rd for office safety.
WalletHub's rankings additionally display that Louisiana is tied alongside New Jersey and Wyoming for the most law-enforcement workforce per capita, and the province has the third-most assaults per capita.
50. Mississippi
Ranked the smallest harmless province in the US by WalletHub, Mississippi additionally classified the lowest in financial, road, work, and emergency preparedness safety.
For individual and residential safety, however, it classified in the middle: The province is the 22nd safest.
Mississippi has the highest fatalities per 100 myriad conveyance miles traveled, and it's tied alongside New Mexico for the second-lowest portion of group alongside rainy-day funds.
Per WalletHub, the province tied alongside Florida, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Louisiana for the highest total defeat amount from climate disasters per capita.
