Arkansas Ranked 5th-Least-Safe State in WalletHub's 2026 Report
Arkansas ranks as the fifth-least-safe state in America, placing 46th in WalletHub's 2026 Safest States report released October 5, the Arkansas Times reported on October 8.
The bottom five states were Mississippi (50th), Louisiana (49th), Texas (48th), Florida (47th) and Arkansas (46th). WalletHub scored all 50 states across 52 indicators in five categories: personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness.
The Arkansas Times tied the ranking to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' prison policies enacted in 2023, noting the state ranked 47th in violent crime in the FBI's 2024 data and 35th in workplace safety.
WalletHub's report is an annual comparison that weighs crime rates, natural-disaster risk, traffic fatalities and other measures of public safety.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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