Houston

Houston scores 49 out of 100 in our index, safer than only 15% of the cities we score, placing it in our second-lowest band.

Its homicide rate is 14.4 per 100,000, about 9 times the median for the cities we track, and robbery is recorded at 274.2 per 100,000. Both figures are specific to the city and carry no area or estimation caveats, so they can be read at face value. Canada, the UK, and Australia each keep the United States at their lowest advisory level, and no US self-advisory applies. Their advisories still note pickpocketing and scams. The perception figure, 60% feeling safe walking alone at night, comes from a national survey and describes the country as a whole, not Houston.