SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose, California, has claimed the title of America's safest big city in a new nationwide study that looked at crime, overdose deaths and other public health risks in the country's 50 largest cities.

The 2025 analysis by financial technology company SmartAsset ranked cities based on violent and property crime rates, fatal traffic accidents, drug overdose deaths and excessive drinking.

San Jose, home to about 1 million people, landed in the top 10 across every category.

The Silicon Valley city reported 5,185 violent crimes last year — the third-lowest rate per capita among major cities. Property crime was also well below average, with 25,715 reported incidents. San Jose posted one of the nation's lowest overdose death rates at just 17 per 100,000 residents, along

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