Lowest Crime Counties

This ranking focuses specifically on reported crime rates — both violent crime (murder, assault, robbery) and property crime (burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft) — using FBI Uniform Crime Report data supplemented by County Health Rankings safety metrics. Unlike our broader "Safest Counties" ranking which considers multiple safety factors, this view isolates raw crime statistics. Counties with the lowest crime rates are overwhelmingly rural, with populations under 50,000, where community cohesion and lower population density naturally correlate with fewer crimes per capita. However, important caveats apply: crime reporting varies by jurisdiction, some counties lack complete UCR data, and low crime rates in very small counties can be statistically volatile. For the most reliable comparisons, focus on counties with similar population sizes and consider multi-year trends rather than single-year snapshots.