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US Counties With the Lowest Property Crime Rates

2,290 US counties ranked by property crime rate, from lowest to highest. First are Webster County, GA (0), Camas County, ID (0) and Carter County, MT (0). The middle one of the 2,290 has 1,036.

What this measures

Burglaries, thefts and motor vehicle thefts in the year, per 100,000 residents, from the FBI. Arson is not included. It counts only crimes reported to police or found by them, so crimes nobody reports are missing. For a state, the figure is the FBI's estimate, which fills in for police agencies that did not report. For a county, it is only what the agencies reported, and it is shown only where agencies that reported for all 12 months serve at least 90% of the people who live there. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program (Crime Data Explorer).

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

RankCountyper 100,000
1Webster County, GA0
2Camas County, ID0
3Carter County, MT0
4Golden Valley County, MT0
5Treasure County, MT0
6Gosper County, NE0
7Stanton County, NE0
8Thomas County, NE0
9Oliver County, ND0
10King County, TX0
11Roberts County, TX0
12Swift County, MN20.5
13Owsley County, KY25.7
14Sioux County, ND27.4
15Griggs County, ND31.3
16Martin County, KY36.2
17Essex County, VT36.6
18Letcher County, KY38.7
19Roberts County, SD45
20Judith Basin County, MT46.9
21Wrangell City and Borough, AK49
22Presidio County, TX51.1
23Powder River County, MT57.9
24McCreary County, KY66
25Grant County, ND66.9
26Chippewa County, MN69.4
27Knott County, KY72.6
28Perkins County, SD76.6
29Rock County, MN76.9
30Collingsworth County, TX78.8
31Marshall County, MN79.5
32Kingsbury County, SD79.8
33Lincoln County, MN80.1
34Osceola County, IA80.4
35Garfield County, MT81
36West Feliciana Parish, LA82.3
37Davis County, IA87.5
38Robertson County, KY88.5
39Elliott County, KY96
40Stanley County, SD96.8
41Wheatland County, MT100
42Dewey County, SD101
43Bartholomew County, IN110
44Kossuth County, IA112
45Adams County, IA112
46Custer County, NE114
47McCone County, MT119
48Amite County, MS119
49Divide County, ND124
50Trimble County, KY128
51Red Lake County, MN130
52Towns County, GA132
53Pipestone County, MN133
54Washington County, ID133
55Traverse County, MN136
56Hansford County, TX137
57Rosebud County, MT139
58Green County, KY139
59Leslie County, KY141
60Merrick County, NE141
61Adams County, ND143
62Casey County, KY144
63Meagher County, MT147
64Monroe County, OH148
65Hamilton County, IL150
66Mason County, TX150
67Worth County, MO154
68Winneshiek County, IA155
69Monroe County, KY158
70Dixon County, NE158
71Mora County, NM158
72Kinney County, TX159
73Montmorency County, MI161
74Grundy County, IA162
75Towner County, ND163
76Nassau County, FL163
77Adair County, KY167
78Ontonagon County, MI167
79Shelby County, IA171
80Cumberland County, IL175
81Jackson County, MN175
82Phillips County, CO181
83Broadwater County, MT182
84Sublette County, WY183
85Cass County, MN184
86Petroleum County, MT188
87Traill County, ND189
88Jackson Parish, LA190
89Floyd County, KY193
90Buffalo County, WI194
91Magoffin County, KY195
92Hudspeth County, TX197
93Rains County, TX197
94LaMoure County, ND197
95Faribault County, MN198
96Franklin County, IA202
97Spink County, SD205
98McCook County, SD205
99Clayton County, IA206
100Ferry County, WA209

Every state, lowest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

RankStateper 100,000
1Idaho819
2New Hampshire912
3Rhode Island1,115
4Massachusetts1,119
5Maine1,129
6West Virginia1,189
7Wisconsin1,238
8Iowa1,434
9Wyoming1,475
10Florida1,511
11New Jersey1,528
12Indiana1,538
13Michigan1,559
14Kentucky1,560
15Connecticut1,564
16Pennsylvania1,565
17Mississippi1,585
18Utah1,618
19South Dakota1,623
20Virginia1,670
21Illinois1,706
22Minnesota1,707
23Ohio1,747
24New York1,803
25Vermont1,818
26Montana1,844
27Alabama1,867
28Georgia1,878
29Alaska1,882
30Arizona1,927
31Delaware1,936
32North Dakota1,944
33Nebraska1,976
34North Carolina2,071
35Hawaii2,143
36Maryland2,147
37Missouri2,158
38Oklahoma2,159
39South Carolina2,224
40Texas2,229
41Arkansas2,237
42California2,326
43Kansas2,337
44Tennessee2,373
45Nevada2,540
46Oregon2,602
47Louisiana2,603
48New Mexico2,876
49Washington2,891
50Colorado2,923
51District of Columbia4,262

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