Lone Star residents might need to start sleeping with one eye open.
The 2025 “Safest States in America” report ranked Texas 48th out of 50, ahead of only Arkansas and Louisiana.
The study compared all 50 states across five major categories: personal and residential safety; financial safety; road safety; workplace safety; and emergency preparedness. The analysis relied on 52 smaller metrics such as violent crime rates, uninsured populations and traffic fatalities.
The Lone Star state has the nation’s highest percentage of residents without health insurance, according to the report.
The safest states on the list are: