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And you shouldnt have to choose between an affordable city and one with a low crime rate.

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Plenty of cities in the U.S. provide both reasonablecosts of livingand rank highly in safety.

And, as it were, well over a handful of those cities are in Texas.

GOBankingRatesconducted a studyof the largest U.S. cities, comparing the costs of living and crime rate averages of each.

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League City

2.

Sugar Land

3.

Pearland

4.

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El Paso

5.

McKinney

6.

Frisco

7.

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Laredo

8.

Grand Prairie

9.

Plano

10.

McAllen

11.

Richardson

12.

College Station

13.

Midland

14.

Brownsville

15.

Denton

16.

Round Rock

17.

Abilene

18.

Using the total population and crime counts, the crime rates per 1000 residents can be calculated.

All data was collected on and is up to date as of May 3rd, 2024.

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