New Jersey Ranked Safest State in US
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New Jersey was named the safest state in the United States.
According to the group, the Consumer Affairs Research Team used data from the FBI and the United States Census Bureau to evaluate each state based on violent and property crime rates, the number of law enforcement officers per capita, and law enforcement budgets. The data put New Jersey at the top of the list, owing to the state's vast number of law enforcement officers, according to the report.
As of 2020, New Jersey had 38,628 total law enforcement officers, or about one for every 230 people, according to the group, which is more than 100 percent higher than the national average.
It ranks fifth in terms of violent crime and fifth in terms of property crime, but 47th in terms of law enforcement budget per employee.The top ten states, according to the group, featured eight from the Northeast and none from the West.
1. New Jersey2. New Hampshire
3. Rhode Island
4. Maine
5. Vermont
6. Connecticut
7. Ohio
8. New York
9. Virginia
10. Massachusetts
