Safest Counties

Counties ranked by overall composite score — includes safety data as it becomes available.

Full safety (crime) data coming soon. Rankings currently based on available dimensions.

Showing top 100 of 3144 counties with data

#	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Slope County, North Dakota	84	91.6	87.8	24.2
2	Billings County, North Dakota	83.8	91.9	84.5	36.4
3	Oliver County, North Dakota	82.5	84.6	83.6	33.6
4	Sheridan County, North Dakota	82.5	82.6	93.9	27.4
5	Borden County, Texas	82.5	89.1	91.7	25.3
6	Burke County, North Dakota	81.5	83.1	85.4	46.3
7	Loup County, Nebraska	81.1	79.8	85.7	22.7
8	Glasscock County, Texas	81.1	89.2	87.8	53.1
9	Rich County, Utah	81.1	94.1	82.2	33.6
10	Judith Basin County, Montana	81	89.5	90.6	19.6
11	Daggett County, Utah	81	88.7	84.7	21.7
12	Greenlee County, Arizona	80.9	92.2	92.5	32.5
13	Harding County, South Dakota	80.9	76	89.9	32.2
14	Wheeler County, Nebraska	80.8	76.6	90.5	19.9
15	McCone County, Montana	80.7	83.3	89.3	30.3
16	Petroleum County, Montana	80.5	81.9	85.5	22.1
17	Carter County, Montana	80.1	89.8	86.5	17.4
18	Grant County, Nebraska	79.9	81.2	81.7	28.5
19	Mineral County, Colorado	79.4	92.3	77.3	17.6
20	Hinsdale County, Colorado	79.3	94	76.3	25.4
21	Harding County, New Mexico	79.3	91.6	88.7	10.3
22	Dundy County, Nebraska	79.2	79.2	88.7	20.3
23	Thomas County, Nebraska	79.2	71.7	87.8	30.8
24	Divide County, North Dakota	79.2	85.5	79.9	41.7
25	Bear Lake County, Idaho	79.1	89.5	84.2	27.3
26	Custer County, Colorado	79	92.1	78.2	30.8
27	Rock County, Nebraska	79	73.7	88.1	20.9
28	Bland County, Virginia	79	86.7	89.2	23.5
29	Steele County, North Dakota	78.9	75.5	87.2	35.8
30	Loving County, Texas	78.9	N/A	N/A	16.7
31	Highland County, Virginia	78.8	86.4	84.2	24.5
32	Arthur County, Nebraska	78.7	78.8	80.7	27.4
33	Griggs County, North Dakota	78.7	76.8	87.7	25.6
34	Logan County, Nebraska	78.6	74.1	81	30.2
35	McHenry County, North Dakota	78.6	83.6	84.4	36
36	Kiowa County, Colorado	78.5	86	82.4	20.2
37	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	78.5	86.2	59.6	76.8
38	Kidder County, North Dakota	78.5	83.8	85.2	23.8
39	Sully County, South Dakota	78.5	78.2	80.2	29.2
40	Nelson County, North Dakota	78.4	79.7	88	27.8
41	Cheyenne County, Colorado	78.3	89.3	83.1	27.6
42	Cameron Parish, Louisiana	78.3	89.8	89	30.7
43	Garfield County, Montana	78.3	83.8	85	23.7
44	McPherson County, Nebraska	78.3	72.4	86.5	23.4
45	Floyd County, Virginia	78.3	87.6	84.4	23.5
46	Garfield County, Washington	78.3	85.1	84	24.1
47	San Juan County, Colorado	78.2	94	77.1	31.6
48	Wilkin County, Minnesota	78.1	80.9	84.8	28.8
49	Jerauld County, South Dakota	78.1	75.4	87.4	32.6
50	Ouray County, Colorado	78	94.5	68.3	38.6
51	Warren County, Indiana	78	87.8	80.6	32.1
52	Jones County, South Dakota	78	69.7	85.9	25.6
53	Golden Valley County, Montana	77.9	88	84.5	20.8
54	Tucker County, West Virginia	77.9	92.3	87.5	18.3
55	Keweenaw County, Michigan	77.8	75.8	85.9	18.6
56	Copper River Census Area, Alaska	77.7	100	80.6	32.4
57	Red Lake County, Minnesota	77.7	75.3	83.6	34
58	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	77.7	76.1	85	33.3
59	Butte County, Idaho	77.6	88.1	90.2	11.6
60	Deuel County, South Dakota	77.6	79.2	84.6	35.3
61	Hand County, South Dakota	77.6	76.9	87.2	30.4
62	LaSalle Parish, Louisiana	77.5	90.4	87.8	27.2
63	Daniels County, Montana	77.5	78	86.5	21.3
64	Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota	77.4	82.4	80	29.1
65	Fallon County, Montana	77.4	86.1	81.2	30.6
66	LaMoure County, North Dakota	77.4	75	87.2	29.3
67	Caribou County, Idaho	77.3	85.3	82.9	26.9
68	Stevens County, Minnesota	77.3	79.6	79.9	29.8
69	Bottineau County, North Dakota	77.3	82.6	83.5	37.9
70	Bowman County, North Dakota	77.3	81.1	81.6	38.1
71	Renville County, North Dakota	77.3	83.2	80.7	33.2
72	Emery County, Utah	77.3	85.8	86.3	29.1
73	Bath County, Virginia	77.3	90.9	83.5	23.7
74	Doddridge County, West Virginia	77.3	89.1	87.7	23.3
75	Lincoln County, Colorado	77.2	91.5	80.6	18.8
76	Rock County, Minnesota	77.2	82	81.3	29.5
77	Treasure County, Montana	77.2	84.9	77.1	31.1
78	Coosa County, Alabama	77.1	94.6	87.5	20.6
79	Oneida County, Idaho	77.1	87.8	75.9	30.8
80	Dunn County, North Dakota	77.1	85.3	79.4	45.2
81	West Carroll Parish, Louisiana	77	96.5	89.3	15.1
82	Craig County, Virginia	77	89.5	82	27.6
83	Hayes County, Nebraska	76.9	66.6	90.3	22.8
84	White Pine County, Nevada	76.9	88.4	83.6	30.6
85	Calhoun County, West Virginia	76.9	91.1	95.2	10.4
86	Lamar County, Alabama	76.8	96.2	91.3	14.4
87	Franklin County, Idaho	76.8	88.3	80.6	26.5
88	Osage County, Missouri	76.8	85.6	86.4	32.6
89	Sweet Grass County, Montana	76.8	88.4	76.1	28.7
90	Wells County, North Dakota	76.8	73	87.5	23.4
91	Murray County, Minnesota	76.7	80.7	82	32
92	Mathews County, Virginia	76.7	90.4	75.7	32.7
93	Kittson County, Minnesota	76.6	76.5	83.7	28.8
94	Catron County, New Mexico	76.6	92.7	89.1	13.7
95	Piute County, Utah	76.6	90.2	84.1	12.5
96	Wayne County, Utah	76.6	92.4	79.9	29.1
97	Lexington city, Virginia	76.6	78	76.5	41.9
98	Gilmer County, West Virginia	76.6	88	89.5	16.7
99	Clay County, Alabama	76.5	95.9	90.2	17.2
100	Martin County, Indiana	76.5	87.3	85.5	26

Data: U.S. Census ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better).