Would you say that living in the suburbs is the American Dream? I would say that it’s part of it. Many people want to live in suburbs because they tend to be a safer community. I currently live in St. Petersburg and St. Pete beach is considered a suburb. It ranks 355 out of 370. While St. Pete beach ranks rather low, it’s still not the least safest suburb in Florida.
Why would you want to live in the suburbs? Many people like it because of the schools, employment and safety. Well if you are looking to move to a safe suburb in Florida you have come to the right article. Smart Asset made a list of the safest suburbs in America. You can check out the full list here.
4 Florida suburbs are at the bottom of this list. Two of these areas are actually near where I live. I would have never known that 3 of these areas are considered the last safest suburbs. The suburb that is the least safest in Florida, is not a shocker. One of my favorite Florida rappers Golden Boy is from there. He talks a lot about his time growing up there and his hardships. Can you guess which city it is?
Below are the 4 Florida Suburbs that are the least safest in America. The study is based off of violent crime, property crime, vehicle mortality and drug poisoning mortality. The numbers are per 100k people. Do you live in one of these areas and disagree with the list? Feel free to email me [email protected]
Jacksonville Beach
Jacksonville Beach is considered a suburb and it made the list for one of the most dangerous beaches in America. It ranked number 362 out of 370 on the “Safest Suburbs” list. According to the findings, Jacksonville Beach has 15.8 accident deaths per 100k people.
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Largo
Largo is in the area where I live. It comes in at number 363 out of 370 on the “safest suburbs” list. 40.8 out of 100k residents die from drug related incidents.
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Treasure Island
Treasure Island is also located in the Tampa Bay Area. I live about 30 minutes away from Treasure island. It came in at number 368 on this list. There are 3,112 property crimes per 100k residents.
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DeLand
DeLand takes the award for the least safest suburb in Florida. It comes in at 369 on the list for the “Safest Suburbs” in America. On the entire list DeLand comes in second to last. They have 33.7 drug posing deaths. 19.2 accident deaths per 100 residents.
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