Safest cities in North America
395 ranked cities across 18 countries · data updated 2026-09-04
Every city in North America with 100,000 or more residents, scored on the same fixed mix of published data used everywhere on this site: homicide rate, deaths from organized violence nearby, income inequality and human development. Scores are comparable worldwide, so a rank here is a rank among all 6,168 cities, not just this continent.
Safest cities in North America
- Quebec CityCanada · 85.3 · #223 worldwide
- OshawaCanada · 85.3 · #224 worldwide
- PickeringCanada · 85.3 · #225 worldwide
- WindsorCanada · 83.3 · #462 worldwide
- KitchenerCanada · 81.0 · #1801 worldwide
- GuelphCanada · 81.0 · #1802 worldwide
- LondonCanada · 80.4 · #1840 worldwide
- VictoriaCanada · 80.4 · #1841 worldwide
- OttawaCanada · 79.9 · #1850 worldwide
- HamiltonCanada · 79.9 · #1851 worldwide
Lowest-scoring cities in North America
- CelayaMexico · 21.3 · #6084 worldwide
- LéogâneHaiti · 23.2 · #6083 worldwide
- Saint-MarcHaiti · 23.2 · #6082 worldwide
- Petit-GoâveHaiti · 23.2 · #6081 worldwide
- JacmelHaiti · 23.4 · #6080 worldwide
- SalamancaMexico · 23.6 · #6079 worldwide
- IrapuatoMexico · 23.8 · #6078 worldwide
- TijuanaMexico · 24.4 · #6076 worldwide
- UruapanMexico · 24.6 · #6075 worldwide
- Ciudad JuárezMexico · 25.4 · #6074 worldwide
A low score reflects the published figures behind it — usually a high homicide rate, conflict deaths recorded nearby, or both. Each city page shows which.
Countries in North America, by average city score
- Canadaavg 78 · 33 cities · best Quebec City
- Cubaavg 68 · 16 cities · best Havana
- United Statesavg 61 · 173 cities · best Plano
- Dominican Republicavg 61 · 9 cities · best Puerto Plata
- Barbadosavg 59 · 1 city · best Bridgetown
- Nicaraguaavg 59 · 7 cities · best León
- Curaçaoavg 52 · 1 city · best Sapate
- Panamaavg 52 · 5 cities · best Colón
- Costa Ricaavg 50 · 2 cities · best San Jose
- Bahamasavg 49 · 1 city · best Nassau
- Puerto Ricoavg 49 · 1 city · best San Juan
- El Salvadoravg 48 · 5 cities · best San Miguel
- Jamaicaavg 48 · 4 cities · best Montego Bay
- Trinidad and Tobagoavg 47 · 2 cities · best Port of Spain
- Guatemalaavg 41 · 14 cities · best Cobán
- Mexicoavg 41 · 105 cities · best Tampico
- Hondurasavg 40 · 8 cities · best La Ceiba
- Haitiavg 26 · 8 cities · best Port-au-Prince
Averages are unweighted means of the ranked cities in each country, so a country with one large city and a country with fifty are treated alike.