If you’re looking for a safe community for yourself or to plop down and start growing a little family, it turns out Massachusetts is a pretty good place to be. The folks at moneygeek crunched the numbers and released their yearly report of the Safest Small Cities in the US. To put their findings together moneygeek analyzed crime statistics by quantifying the cost of crime and ranking 660 small cities and towns nationwide and in every state.

Massachusetts ended up with 3 communities in the Top 10 and 4 in the Top 15. Let’s have a peek! Just for poo’s and laughs I’ll give you the most famous person who has a connection to each town as well.

So we got 3 on the SAFEST list but we also just got 3 on the DIRTIEST list. To see what 3 communities made that list CLICK HERE!

#15 Safest Small City in the US
White Lake Township, MI
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Abraham Lincoln. That’s a pretty famous start, huh? Lincoln had a connection to the White Lake area through a woman named Hannah Lincoln Sammis.
#14 Safest Small City in the US
North Andover, MA
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Isaac Stevens, who was born there. Stevens was an American military officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later as its delegate to the United States House of Representatives. During the American Civil War, he held several Union commands.
#13 Safest Small City in the US
Sammamish, WA
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Hunter Bryant, free agent tight end in the NFL.
#12 Safest Small City in the US
Rexburg, ID
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Card Walker, former president of the Walt Disney Company.
#11 Safest Small City in the US
Westfield, NJ
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Marc Acito, playwright, novelist and humorist.
#10 Safest Small City in the US
Greenwich, CT
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Glenn Close, multi-award-winning Hollywood actress.
#9 Safest Small City in the US
Needham, MA
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Aly Raisman, olympian. She graduated from Needham High!
#8 Safest Small City in the US
Carmel Town, NY
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Ryan Kelly, former Duke basketball standout who was drafted by the LA Lakers in 2013.
#7 Safest Small City in the US
Hampden Township, PA
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Couldn’t find.
#6 Safest Small City in the US
Princeton, NJ
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Paul Robeson, singer, actor, social activist, lawyer, athlete.
#5 Safest Small City in the US
Arlington, MA
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Robert Creeley, widely recognized as one of the most important and influential American poets of the 20th century.
#4 Safest Small City in the US
Southlake, TX
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Terry Bradshaw, professional football player and host/analyst.
#3 Safest Small City in the US
Andover, MA
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Jay Len, comedian and former Tonight Show host who grew up in Andover!
#2 Safest Small City in the US
Mason, OH
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Dan Patrick, sportscaster.
#1 Safest Small City in the US
Yorktown Town, NY (Interestingly, Yorktown Town is the safest town in America… and a suburb of NYC.)
Most Famous Person With a Connection: Dave Mathews, lead singer of the Dave Matthews Band (go figure!).