20 Safest States for 2009

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No Need to Lock Your Doors?

The results of CQ Press's annual Crime State Rankings are in. Join us as we reveal which 20 states were ranked as the safest for 2009.

States are compared against the national average for six crimes, each carrying equal weight.

Click through our gallery and see if your state made the list.

First Up: The No. 1 Safest State

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ocean3view1
10:04AM Jan 11 2010 
Thank you for the facts.
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ocean3view1
10:00AM Jan 11 2010 
You are right. Negros embezzle, beat their wives, rob banks, molest their children, etc. etc. I think not. I am ready for you to sell me the Golden Gate Bridge as well. Negros are the reason for everything wrong. Okay
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RPCINC
5:41PM Dec 5 2009 
common thread ? the ten states with lowest non white population.interesting. and most have very few gun control laws,vermont has none at all,not even to conceal or display a side arm.seems whites can be armed and have low crime rates.these states also have LOWER police numbers per capita. lets recap. no gun laws less police fewer minorities(soon to be majorities) lowest crime rates.you got it now good
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Vw B u gGT
10:26AM Dec 2 2009 
New Hampshire is #1, instead of looking at it as a racial thing, or an economic thing,lets try a patriotic view of the 2nd amendment. In a place where you can walk around with a gun in plain sight, committing a crime isn't exactly a bright idea. When a person of sound moral character can paint your brains all over the sidewalk because you thought it was a good idea to rape a woman in an alley. how often is it going to happen? Our founding government put this in place for just such reasons, the police are underfunded,overworked, and just plain inadequate across most of the country, the military could help but we are sending them to over 100 different countries while ours slowly brews into turmoil. Lets straighten ourselves out before we go and tell other countries how to live. Leading by example will prevail.
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wrestlah
10:34AM Nov 29 2009 
Look how everyone gets all worked up because "their" state didn't rank number one. Crime folows the money and so do people. Therefore, the most populated areas generate the most money and thus crime. Its hard to rob someone in Maine because they don't have very much money to begin with. In addition, a lot of communities in Maine know everyone in the community and would not be ideal for theft or rape. People realize they can't get away with it. Finally if you ask a mainah if they've ever left the state a lot of them say "No". So before you go using race, political views, why don't you experience the safest states first before you judge them. Ohh wait if you did that you wouldn't be part of those prejudice states. Proud to be from the state of Maine
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