Memphis at Bottom in Study of US’s Safest Big Cities

 News Channel 3, Memphis, July 28, 2026-  Memphis ranked last in a recent study by SmartAsset on the safest cities in the U.S., while Nashville also ranked near the bottom. ... 

... SmartAsset limited its review to cities with a population of 250,000 or more. It then scored each city based on its rates of violent crimes, property crimes and auto fatalities, as well as its natural disaster risk. .

... At the bottom of SmartAsset’s overall list is Memphis, Tennessee, largely driven by its high crime and auto death rates, which were the worst across the list. Fellow Tennessee city Nashville also ranked in the bottom 10:

83. Memphis, Tennessee

82. Houston, Texas

81. St. Louis, Missouri

80. San Francisco, California

79. Kansas City, Missouri

78. Albuquerque, New Mexico

77. Oakland, California

76. Nashville, Tennessee

75. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

74. Detroit, Michigan

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