Where nation’s safest cities are, according to a new study

(NEXSTAR) — When deciding where you and your family will live, you may take into consideration several factors. How are the schools? What would your commute to work be like? Is the market “overpriced?” Is there a Target nearby?

Maybe chief among all of those aspects is the safety of the area.

A new report from personal finance site SmartAsset reviewed more than 300 cities (all with populations between 65,000 and 250,000) to find which is the safest. To rank them, SmartAsset considered each city’s natural disaster risk, traffic fatality data, and property and violent crime rates from multiple federal agencies.

The safest city reviewed by SmartAsset was Broomfield, Colorado. Located just north of Denver, Broomfield was found to have below-average crime rates, “a modest” rate of motor vehicle fatalities, and a “very low” natural disaster risk. No city fared better in that category.

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