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In news that may not be shocking to anyone paying attention, the personal finance website WalletHub recently found Cleveland to be one of the least safe cities in the country to live.

Ranked 169th out of 181 cities, Cleveland makes the Top 15 (or Bottom 15?) of
cities that fared the worst in three categories: Home and community safety, natural disaster risk and financial safety.

WalletHub then divided these categories into 39 sets of data, including things like assaults per capita, road quality and poverty rates. Cleveland, while not at much risk for natural disasters, didn’t have a good showing in the community and financial safety categories.

While Cleveland is deemed the least safe city in Ohio, Columbus and Cincinnati also have a lot of room for improvement coming in 159th and 146th on the list, respectively.

This isn’t Cleveland’s first time making a list of this sort, as Forbes recently listed the city as the ninth most dangerous in the country. We’ve also ranked high in teen gun violence rates and murder rates per capita.

The most safe cities in America include:
1. Columbia, MD
2. South Burlington, VT
3. Plano, TX
4. Virginia Beach, VA
5. Warwick, RI
6. Gilbert, AZ
7. Yonkers, NY
8. Bismarck, ND
9. Nashua, NH
10. Boise, ID

The least safe cities in the country include:
173. Jackson, MS
174. Los Angeles, CA
175. Wichita, KS
176. Oklahoma City, OK
177. Detroit, MI
178. Little Rock, AR
179. Baton Rouge, LA
180. San Bernardino, CA
181. Fort Lauderdale, FL
182. St. Louis, MO

Read the entire WalletHub study right here.

This article appears in Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2018.

6 replies on “Cleveland One of the 15 Least Safe Cities in America, New Study Finds”

  1. Well, is this any big surprise? With Taxin Jackson at the helm with nothing but tax increases, corruption, and never ending financial mismanagement at City Hall, should we really be surprised?

    And, lets not forget about Budish with his outrageous property tax increases for 2019, constant financial mismanagement and downright ineptness. It is high time these two crooks are recalled out of office for their constant shenanigans and fleecing of taxpayer dollars!!!

  2. I feel safe in my hood. I base that on the fact that although I hear gunshots at home, I’ve never had one bullet go through my car or my home. Paradise I’ll tell you what, albeit, with snow.
    Cleveland is like living in a Hollywood produced action reality show. It certainly, under their strict control, will be a blast to live through. Oh yeah!

  3. That’s what happens when you care more about criminals than the actual good people in this city. Jackson would rather build a ridiculously expensive dirt bike track noone will use instead of putting that money in the schools and street repair.

  4. This is what happens when you look only at Cleveland and don’t include the 33 other communities in Cuyahoga County – as in the entire urban area. Also, the places tourists visit, such as Downtown and University Circle are much safer than the Hood.

  5. With this teen violence the parents should be held accountable for their teens with guns going out commtting crimes murder seems like the mayor dont give a crap about that do a lot of talking no action

  6. Hi everyone, were bout to move to Cleveland ohio for my husbands work. My question is, is Cleveland Ohio special needs friendly? And where is the safest places to live in Cleveland??

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