(Newsmax) WalletHub through a ranking of more than 180 cities using 39 key safety indicators has determined that Columbia Maryland was the nations safest city in 2018. Columbia one of the principal cities of the Baltimore and Washington D.C. metropolitan area achieved a total score of 85.98 based on a data set ranging from assaults per capita unemployment and even road quality. The entire top 10: Columbia Maryland. South Burlington Vermont. Plano Texas. Virginia Beach Virginia. Warwick Rhode Island. Gilbert Arizona. Yonkers New York. Bismarck North Dakota. Nashua New Hampshire. Boise Idaho. Fort Lauderdale Florida was determined the least-safe city. The other two determined least-safe were Baton Rouge Louisiana and San Bernardino California.