2 Bay Area Cities Rank Among Top 50 Safest U.S. Cities: Report

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA — Two Bay Area cities — Fremont and Santa Rosa — ranked among the top 50 safest cities in the country, according to a new report by WalletHub.

The personal finance website analyzed America's safest and least safe cities. Fremont ranked 17th and Santa Rosa ranked 39th, according to the study, while San Jose ranked 73rd, San Francisco ranked 136th and Oakland ranked 175th.

The list of 2022's Safest Cities In America included the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state.

WalletHub compared 182 cities across three key dimensions: home and community safety, natural disaster risk, and financial safety. The company evaluated those dimensions using 42 relevant metrics, from assaults per capita to the unemployment rate. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest level of safety.

Columbia, Maryland, ranked as the safest city in the country, followed by Nashua, New Hampshire, and Laredo, Texas, according to the report. St. Louis, Missouri, landed at the bottom of the list.

Here's how Bay Area cities scored. (Note: only the largest U.S. cities were included in WalletHub's rankings):

Fremont:

• Overall rank: 17
• Total score: 79.98
• Home and community safety: 10
• Natural disaster risk: 157
• Financial safety: 5

Santa Rosa:

• Overall rank: 39
• Total score: 77.66
• Home and community safety: 21
• Natural disaster risk: 153
• Financial safety: 14

San Jose

• Overall rank: 73
• Total score: 74.19
• Home and community safety: 72
• Natural disaster risk: 169
• Financial safety: 6

San Francisco

• Overall rank: 136
• Total score: 69.50
• Home and community safety: 146
• Natural disaster risk: 123
• Financial safety: 4

Oakland

• Overall rank: 175
• Total score: 60.45
• Home and community safety: 174
• Natural disaster risk: 155
• Financial safety: 43

Browse the map below to see how the other largest cities in California and across the country rank when it comes to safety:

See the full list here.