But among the top five safest small towns was Lone Peak, Utah — with a staggeringly low violent crime rate of 9 incidents per 100,000 residents. But not all small towns are safe havens.

Most of America's safest small cities and towns are in the ... and Pennsylvania. Cities and towns in Indiana, Ohio, Utah, and California round out the rest of the top ten. The least safe towns ...

And they chose Moab as the No. 10 small town in the western U.S., the only Utah town to make the annual list. The towns, all with fewer than 25,000 residents, were chosen for their diverse ...