Safest States in 2006 (Attention Boston’s Mayor)
Date: Apr 10, 2006 11:57 PM
As usual, VT, NH and Maine are in a dead heat in
top five the lowest crime rate states in the nation.
How can this be when Boston’s Mayor claims
these states are hot beds of illegal guns and
causing crime in Boston? You figure it out.
Safest States 2006

Data compiled by Morgan Quitno

Can you go to sleep with the front door unlocked? Better check this chart first. Also, see if things have gotten better or worse in your state since last year.

How the Rankings Were Determined
2006
RANK STATE 2005
RANK — CHANGE
1 North Dakota 1 0
2 Maine 3 1
3 Vermont 2 -1
4 New Hampshire 4 0
5 Wyoming 6 1
6 South Dakota 5 -1
7 Wisconsin 9 2
8 Iowa 8 0
9 Montana 11 2
10 West Virginia 7 -3
11 Idaho 10 -1
12 Connecticut 12 0
13 Rhode Island 18 5
14 Virginia 13 -1
15 Utah 17 2
16 Minnesota 15 -1
17 Nebraska 16 -1
18 Kentucky 14 -4
19 New Jersey 19 0
20 New York 20 0
21 Massachusetts 22 1