Forbes Magazine just released its list of the safest cities in the country for 2023, and Raleigh made the cut! Citing personal finance technology company MoneyGeek, the list was composed by analyzing the FBI’s most recent crime statistics (2021), pairing them with academic research on the societal costs of different types of crimes. That determines the […]

How does your city rank? BackgroundChecks.org has compiled a list of North Carolina’s safest cities. The online background check portal gave each North Carolina city (with a population above 10,000) a score on its Safety Index, which combines FBI crime statistics and law enforcement employment numbers to calculate the safety of a given city. Twenty-four […]