Crime & Safety
Carlsbad Ranks Among Top 20 Safest U.S. Cities for Women: Report
The analysis studied factors such as crime, access to healthcare and public representation.
CARLSBAD, CA — The personal finance company ValuePenguin recently published its 2016 "Safest Cities for Women" report, and Carlsbad ranked 16th.
The company's analysis of the safest cities for women covered 261 major metros across 31 data points, studying "not only crime statistics but also availability and access to appropriate healthcare, cancer rates, education levels, workplace policies, female representation at the mayoral level as well as in the police force, conviction rates of offenders and income levels."
- Overall, 16th
- Crime, 26th
- Public Policy and Representation, 26th
- Healthcare, 101st
- Education and Wealth, 85th
Other California cities to make the top 20 for their overall scores were:
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- Thousand Oaks, No. 1
- Concord, 6th
- Simi Valley, 8th
- Irvine, 10th
- Sunnyvale, 13th
- Torrance, 14th
- Burbank, 18th
- Orange, 19th
To view the full report, click here.
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