The 10 safest states in the US in 2025 — see where New York ranked

Get on I-95 North — and keep going.

For crime-weary New Yorkers, a better life could be just up the road.

Six out of the ten safest states in the country are in New England, according to a new Wallethub survey.

Vermont, immediately adjacent to the Empire State, landed in the number one spot.

“With every new headline about a mass shooting, terrorist attack, hate crime or natural disaster, many of us fear for our safety and that of our loved ones. Americans have to worry about their financial safety as well, as the government continues to work on slowing down inflation,” survey authors wrote.

After examining 52 different metrics in five key categories — personal / residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness — the data dumpers said the Green Mountain State soared higher than any other.

Neighboring New Hampshire slid into second. The remainder of the New England states easily earned a spot in the top 10.

Assaults per capita, total loss from climate disasters per capita, unemployment rates were just a few of the measurements taken, added up and then further sliced and diced to come up with 100 as a perfect score.

Vermont managed a 67.94 — implying that even the safest place in the United States is far from perfect.

Recent sensational crimes in the maple syrup mecca included a woman nabbed attempting to smuggle turtles across the Canadian border, a suspected arson at the office of Senator Bernie Sanders and a grisly domestic shooting near the village of Pawlet. A New Yorker was later taken into custody for that crime.

But the relatively peaceful state was praised for neighborhood safety and a low rate of aggravated assault, as well as the seventh fewest murders and non-negligent manslaughters of any state.

Vermont really excelled on the financial safety front, boasting one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country — 2.1% — and one of the top rates of job growth. Other bright spots included the lowest share of seriously underwater mortgages and the second-fewest personal bankruptcies per capita. Data and identity theft were also mentioned as a low risk.

The state was also rated highly for its well-maintained roads and low occurrence of traffic fatalities. The state also has the lowest percentage of drivers who have confessed to using their phones behind the wheel.

“The safest states in America protect their residents from harm in a multitude of different ways, from keeping crime rates low and maintaining safe roadways to having strong economies and job markets that prevent people from falling into dangerous financial situations,” Wallethub analyst Chip Lupo said.

“They have high levels of occupational safety and disaster preparedness, too. In addition, states are made safer by efforts that individual residents take, such as forming a neighborhood watch or working in firefighting and EMT jobs at high rates,” he continued.

New York gave a middling performance in the nationwide survey, appearing all the way down at number 24. Neighboring New Jersey came out ahead, scoring 17th place.