ST. LOUIS – A new report analyzed threats to safety across the U.S. and ranked the safest cities according to public health, natural disasters, mass shootings, and traffic accident risks.
According to WalletHub, St. Louis ranked very low on the country’s safest cities list, but not as low as other U.S. cities. Memphis, Tennessee, and Detroit, Michigan, bottomed out the list as the two most dangerous cities.
St. Louis ranked 163rd out of 182 U.S. cities for safety, specifically due to home and community safety risk and even financial safety risk.
Despite this, the city ranked 15th as a city with a low natural disaster risk.
Memphis and Detroit were noted to have high home and community, financial, and natural disaster safety risks.
Topping the list as the safest cities in the U.S. were South Burlington, Vermont; Casper, Wyoming; Warwick, Rhode Island; Burlington, Vermont; and Boise, Idaho.
