New Mexico is the most dangerous state to live in, the latest study has revealed . Residents of New Mexico are most likely to find themselves the victims of crimes , including ones that result in injury or death , than anywhere else in the US.
New Mexico , which also boasts a very high traffic fatality rate at 8.91 deaths per billion miles, came top of the list. A high firearm mortality rate of 27.3 deaths per 100,000 people, nearly double the national average, and a large number of burglaries, assaults, homicides and vehicle thefts make it the most dangerous state to live in.
Second place belongs to Louisiana , where traffic accidents result in at least one fatality per 1 billion miles, or about 10.44 fatalities per 100,000 people. Assaults are also the second-highest for any state, and there are only slightly fewer work injury fatalities than Alaska.
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The top three begins with Arkansas , where there were reportedly 10.24 homicides per 100,000 people in 2022, nearly double the national average of 5.89. A large number of traffic accidents and a high firearm mortality rate also resulted in Arkansas being placed at such a high position.
Alaska ranked fourth on the list of the most dangerous states because of its high assault rate, which is over double the national average at 540.45 per 100,000 people compared to the average of 260.19. Train casualties are also the highest in Alaska at around double the national average, and there's also an above-average number of workplace injuries at 2.73 per 100,000 people, slightly higher than South Carolina's average.
The fifth-place state was Missouri , which boasts a 24.2 per 100,000 firearm mortality rate and high numbers of assaults. The state also boasts an above-average motor vehicle theft rate, nearly double the national average.
In sixth place was another Southern state, South Carolina . The Palmetto state has an above-average number of fatal workplace injuries, the study revealed, at 2.5 per 100,000 people. The national average is 1.94. There were also reportedly double the number of average homicides and an above-average number of larcenies.
Coming in seventh on the list is Tennessee , where there were reportedly 319.18 cases of burglary per 100,000 people, which is above the national average of 263.36. That, paired with the state boasting the highest number of assaults at 507.8 per person, nearly double the average, put it in the top seven.
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The top three safest states were Massachusetts , New Hampshire and Rhode Island , with all of New England ranking very highly in terms of safety. Even New York , which often gets a bad rap as a dangerous state because of New York City , was the eighth safest, according to the study. No details about what made them safe were given.
Using 10 different metrics, the injury attorneys at Caputo and Van Der Walde — Injury & Accident Attorneys compiled the number of traffic fatalities, workplace injuries, firearm mortality rates, railway injuries and crimes against people and property, including physical and sexual assault, homicide, burglary and larceny.
Each of the factors was reportedly weighed, and each state was given a score out of 100, and then all 50 states were ranked, with explanations attached to the top seven explaining why they achieved the rank they did.
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