According to SafeWise, Brookings, SD is the safest college town in the United States for 2015. Earlier this year SafeWise ranked Brookings at No. 12 on their 'Top-100 Safest Cities' list.
In creating this list, SafeWise 'evaluated the most recent FBI crime statistics available.' The statistics were then grouped together with research focusing on programs that are related to safety.
- Brookings, South Dakota
- Charleston, Illinois
- Rexburg, Idaho
- Elon, North Carolina
- Canyon, Texas
- Durham, New Hampshire
- Highland Heights, Kentucky
- Amherst, Massachusetts
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Pullman, Washington
- Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
- Blacksburg, Virginia
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Williamsburg, Virginia
- Northfield, Minnesota
- Bristol, Rhode Island
- Clarion, Pennsylvania
- Irvine, California
- Winona, Minnesota
- Houghton, Michigan
- Marquette, Michigan
- Millersville, Pennsylvania
- Montclair, New Jersey
- Kennesaw, Georgia
- Edwardsville, Illinois
- Hanover, New Hampshire
- Waltham, Massachusetts
- Medford, Massachusetts
- California, Massachusetts
- Orono, Maine
- Athens, Ohio
- Maryville, Missouri
- Logan, Utah
- Orange, California
- San Marcos, California
- Westfield, Massachusetts
- West Lafayette, Indiana
- East Lansing, Michigan
- Whitewater, Wisconsin
- Boone, North Carolina
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Edmond, Oklahoma
- New Rochelle, New York
- Mount Pleasant, Michigan
- Rohnert Park, California
- Big Rapids, Michigan
- Cortland, New York
- River Falls, Wisconsin
- Laramie, Wyoming
- South Orange, New Jersey
For more information on this study, click here.
