The online news service WalletHub ranked states for their overall safety based upon 20 key metrics. The most dangerous states to live in are:
1. Mississippi – ranked worst for workplace safety and financial safety risk and one of the worst for road safety and natural disasters
2. South Carolina – ranked worst for home and community safety and one of the worst for road safety and natural disasters
3. Oklahoma – ranked worst for natural disasters and one of the worst for road safety and workplace safety
4. Tennessee – ranked among the worst states for rates of assault, sex offenses, traffic fatalities and natural disasters
5. New Mexico – ranked among the worst states for financial safety risks and home and community safety risks.
WalletHub used 20 key metrics to analyze each state according to different safety standards, taking into account the rates of crime and traffic accidents as well as data related to employer insurance coverage, climate disasters and more. Alabama ranked as the 12th least safe state and Georgia ranked as the 18th least safe state.
In 2013, the FBI found that Tennessee is the most dangerous state in America: