Safewise.com has named Carmel the safest city in the country to raise children. Fishers is close behind in the fourth spot.
With a population of just over 93,000, Carmel enjoys a SafeWise Safety Score of 97.13, thanks to a violent crime rate of 0.18 per 1,000 people, a property crime rate of 7.47 per 1,000 people and a sex offender rate of 1.3 per 10,000 people.
U.S. News and World Report names Carmel High School as the fourth best high school in Indiana with a graduation rate of 97.9 percent.
Regarding safety in general, SafeWise lists Carmel as the 39th safest city in the United States.
As the only other city in Indiana to be included on a list of the safest cities to raise children, Fishers, with approximately 92,300 inhabitants, enjoys a SafeWise Safety Score of 95.46.
Fishers’s violent crime rate is 0.47 per 1,000 people, the property crime rate in 9.26 per 1,000 people and the sex offender rate is 3 per 10,000 people. The graduation rate is 97.5 percent.
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