You probably don’t want to be unarmed and be anywhere near these cities in a zombie apocalypse.
When it comes to finding a place to live that is relatively “zombie free,” these 30 cities are not the place you’d want to be.
Here’s the list for 2016—from “safest” (a relative term here) to “least safe.”
| Rank | City |
|---|---|
| 30 | Chicago Heights, IL |
| 29 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 28 | Buffalo, NY |
| 27 | Hattiesburg, MS |
| 26 | East Chicago, IN |
| 25 | Birmingham, AL |
| 24 | Desert Hot Springs, CA |
| 23 | Compton, CA |
| 22 | Myrtle Beach, SC |
| 21 | Fort Pierce, FL |
| 20 | Harvey, IL |
| 19 | Bridgeton, NJ |
| 18 | Flint, MI |
| 17 | Rocky Mount, NC |
| 16 | Pine Bluff, AR |
| 15 | Petersburg, VA |
| 14 | Newark, NJ |
| 13 | Baltimore, MD |
| 12 | Harrisburg, PA |
| 11 | Jackson, MS |
| 10 | Wilmington, DE |
| 9 | Trenton, NJ |
| 8 | Riviera Beach, FL |
| 7 | New Orleans, LA |
| 6 | Camden, NJ |
| 5 | Detroit, MI |
| 4 | Gary, IN |
| 3 | St. Louis, MO |
| 2 | Chester, PA |
| 1 | East St. Louis, IL |
According to Neighborhoodscout.com‘s research, “the 30 cities in America with the highest number of murders per 1,000 residents. Murder is the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.”
Research was limited to cities with 25,000 or more people. Data used for this research are 1) the number of murders reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city, and 2) the population of each city
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