Colorado Near Bottom in National Safety Study While Utah and Wyoming Rank High

By Shawn Patrick | 98.5 KYGO

Colorado usually does well in “best of” lists for hiking, craft beer and sunshine. WalletHub’s new safety rankings went the other way. The personal finance site’s 2026 “Safest States in America” study ranks Colorado 43 out of 50, which puts the Centennial State in the bottom 10 next to Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

WalletHub compared all 50 states on 52 measures in five categories, from assaults per capita to road quality to unemployment. Colorado did fine on money, ranking 19th in financial safety. The rest of its report card was rough: 46th in personal and residential safety, 41st in road safety and 38th in workplace safety. Anyone who has merged onto I-25 at rush hour probably isn’t surprised by the road score.

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