San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro ranks safest large city. Farmers Insurance Group published its 4th annual ranking of 379 American cities for safety. See ful list in

best places.

The ranking considered: crime statistics, extreme weather, risk of natural disasters, environmental hazards, terrorism threats, air quality, life expectancy, and job loss numbers. The study divided the cities into three groups by population: large metropolitan areas of  500K+ , mid-size cities of 150K-500K, and small towns of fewer than 150K. First place went as follows: