{"id":504609,"date":"2026-10-22T20:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504609\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:52:42","slug":"two-sacramento-area-cities-among-safest-for-halloween-trick-or-treating-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504609\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Sacramento-area cities among safest for Halloween trick-or-treating in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Sacramento-area city ranked as Northern California&#8217;s safest place for Halloween trick-or-treating, according to a new national study, and another local city also cracked the top 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The report by SafeHome.org, a website that researches home and personal safety and reviews security products, <a data-ylk=\"slk:ranked 152 cities;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.safehome.org\/research\/safest-cities-for-halloween\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ranked 152 cities<\/a> based on factors including violent and property crime rates, pedestrian fatalities, registered sex offenders and law enforcement staffing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elk Grove ranked No. 12 on the national list, unchanged from 2025, and Roseville ranked No. 21, down from No. 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Halloween is one of the most exciting nights of the year for children, but it also comes with elevated safety risks,&#8221; SafeHome said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Many parents are understandably anxious about this beloved fall tradition: after all, what could possibly go wrong as kids crisscross city streets, dodge cars in the dark, and walk up to strangers&#8217; doors in search of candy?&#8221; the site said.<\/p>\n<p>How did other California cities fare?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Modesto came in at No. 85 and Sacramento at No. 120, SafeHome said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fremont ranked No. 24, with Santa Rosa at No. 52, San Francisco at No. 59 and San Jose at No. 82.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stockton came in at No. 128 and Oakland at No. 149, both near the bottom of the 152-city ranking.<\/p>\n<p>What are the safest U.S. cities for trick-or-treating?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pembroke Pines, Florida, took the top spot on the list of safest Halloween cities, followed by Yonkers, New York; Frisco, Texas; Port St. Lucie, Florida; and Chandler, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Texas and Arizona had the strongest showings among states for top-ranking cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sacramento-area city ranked as Northern California&#8217;s safest place for Halloween trick-or-treating, according to a new national study,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-504609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}