New Hampshire Ranks High On New List Of Safest States In America

A new analysis found that New Hampshire is the third-safest state in the United States.

The study comes from the personal finance website WalletHub. To come up with its list of safest states, WalletHub analyzed all 50 states using 52 "key indicators of safety, grouped into five categories." These measures encompass a range of indicators, including assaults per capita, financial losses from climate disasters per resident, and economic factors such as unemployment rates.

New Hampshire ranked second in personal and residential safety as well as financial safety. The state was fourth in emergency preparedness. However, the 43rd ranking in workplace safety weighed the state down below first-place Vermont and second-place Massachusetts.

The study said the state had the fewest mass shootings between June 2023 and June 2025 — Patch knows of one mass shooting during that time period, with the first mass shooting in about a quarter of a century occurring in Manchester in May 2023, as well as the fewest murders and nonnegligent manslaughters per capita.

"Nearly 79% of people in New Hampshire feel that they live in safe neighborhoods, the highest percentage in the country," the study said. "Nearly 72% feel that their children go to safe schools, the seventh-highest percentage."

New Hampshire also has the highest number of neighborhood watch groups per capita.

“The safest states in America protect their residents from harm in a multitude of different ways, from keeping crime rates low and maintaining safe roadways to having strong economies and job markets that prevent people from falling into dangerous financial situations," WalletHub Analyst Chip Lupo said.

The top 10 safest states according to WalletHub are:

1. Vermont
2. Massachusetts
3. New Hampshire
4. Maine
5. Utah
6. Connecticut
7. Hawaii
8. Minnesota
9. Rhode Island
10. Wyoming

Check out the complete study by clicking here.