Two Texas cities rank among the top safest in America, according to study

The safest metro cities in Texas

From the major metropolises to the border towns near Mexico, metro cities across Texas rank among the safest in the nation, according to WalletHub.



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From the major metropolises to the border towns near Mexico, metro cities across Texas rank among the safest in the nation, according to WalletHub.



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If you want to live in the safest metro area in Texas, you'll have to head north, just outside of Dallas.

That's according to WalletHub's "2017's Safest Cities in America," which ranks Plano as the eighth safest city overall out of 182 total.

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The financial website determined its rankings by evaluating 35 different metrics, including natural disasters, unemployment rates and law-enforcement employees per capita. Each of the metrics were graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest level of safety.

In addition to the overall safest cities, the WalletHub study also identified Texas cities for other distinctions. They include:

Fewest traffic fatalities per capita: Brownsville (No. 2)

Fewest hate crimes per capita: Corpus Christi (No. 1), El Paso (No. 5)

Lowest unemployment rate: Austin (tied for No. 1 with six other cities)

Highest rate of uninsured population: Dallas (No. 178), Laredo (No. 180) and Brownsville (No. 182)

Lowest natural-disaster risk level: Brownsville (No. 2)

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Also telling from WalletHub's finds is that San Antonio ranks safer overall than Houston, Austin and Dallas.

Scroll through the gallery above to see where Texas cities rank on WalletHub's 2017 safest cities in America study.

Will Axford is a digital reporter for Chron.com. Read more of his stories here and follow him on Twitter.