12 CA Cities Rank Among The Top 50 Safest In America: Report

A dozen California cities are considered among the top 50 safest cities in the country, according to a new report by WalletHub.

Researchers at the personal finance website ranked 2025's Safest Cities in America. Santa Rosa ranked as the safest city in the Golden State and the 14th safest in the nation, according to the report. Irvine ranked second in the state, followed by Chula Vista in third.

The rankings included the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state.

WalletHub compared 182 cities across three key dimensions: home and community safety, natural-disaster risk, and financial safety. Researchers evaluated those dimensions using 41 relevant metrics, from assaults per capita to the unemployment rate. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest level of safety.

"When people think about safety in a city, their minds probably immediately go to things like the crime rate, auto fatality rate or risk of natural disasters," WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said. "The safest cities in America protect residents from these threats of bodily harm and property damage, but on top of that, they also help secure people's financial safety. Financial safety includes things like minimizing the risk of fraud and identity theft, keeping the population employed and insured, and combating homelessness."

Warwick, Rhode Island ranked as the safest city in the country, followed by Overland Park, Kansas, and Burlington, Vermont, according to the report. New Orleans, Louisiana, landed at the bottom of the list.

See how California cities ranked, from best to worst, below. National rankings are in parenthesis.

1. Santa Rosa (14)
2. Irvine (17)
3. Chula Vista (23)
4. Fremont (27)
5. Glendale (36)
6. San Diego (39)
7. Huntington Beach (42)
8. Santa Clarita (44)
9. Rancho Cucamonga (46)
10. Moreno Valley (48)
11. Oceanside (49)
12. Garden Grove (50)
13. Oxnard (51)
14. Fontana (56)
15. Modesto (70)
16. Ontario (77)
17. San Jose (84)
18. Anaheim (88)
19. Riverside (94)
20. Sacramento (95)
21. Santa Ana (96)
22. Fresno (105)
23. San Francisco (121)
24. Stockton (122)
25. Long Beach (123)
26. Bakersfield (129)
27. Los Angeles (156)
28. Oakland (169)
29. San Bernardino (175)

Read the full report.