Data from the FBI shows which states in the US are the most dangerous and safest states to buy property and settle down.
The FBI’s National Case-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) table provides the total of crimes against people, property and society in each state.
On the list, Florida has the 10th lowest total crime rate per 100,000 people in the US, 24% below the US average. The state recorded the ninth lowest crime rate on property, including theft, theft, destruction, damage, or vandalism.
The FBI listed Maine as the safest condition to settle, recording the lowest total crime rate, 39% below the US average. Number two was Hawaii, followed by New Hampshire.
On the other end of the scale, New Mexico has the highest total crime rate per 100,000 people, 65% above the national average. Tennessee has the second highest total crime rate, followed by Nevada, Arkansas and Kansas.
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The three criminal groups were crimes against people: assault crime, murder crime, human trafficking crime, induction/elicitation, and sex crimes.
Crimes against property: arson, bribery, theft/destroy, counterfeit/forgery, destruction/damage/destroy, destruction, destruction, assault, fraud, burglary/theft, car theft, robbery, attack on stolen property
The housing industry says FBI statistics are extremely useful when selling property to low crime states, especially to families.
Josh Ross, chief buyer agent for Eden Emerald Buyers, says he is seeing an increase in people calming in low-population states with low crime rates.
“It is interesting to see whether assault, theft, drug and drug crimes are the most common.
