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WalletHub, through a ranking of more than 180 cities using 39 key safety indicators, has determined that Columbia, Maryland, was the nation's safest city in 2018.
Columbia, one of the principal cities of the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, achieved a total score of 85.98, based on a data set ranging from assaults per capita, unemployment, and even road quality.
The entire top 10:
Columbia, Maryland.
South Burlington, Vermont.
Plano, Texas.
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Warwick, Rhode Island.
Gilbert, Arizona.
Yonkers, New York.
Bismarck, North Dakota.
Nashua, New Hampshire.
Boise, Idaho.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was determined the least-safe city. The other two determined least-safe were Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and San Bernardino, California.