THE CLOCK TOWER in the Village Green in Garden Grove (Shutterstock).

Garden Grove and Huntington Beach are among the safest cities in the United States, according to a ranking by the WalletHub website.

Of the 29 cities studied, the top five safest cities in the United States were South Burlington, Vermont; Casper, Wyoming; Warwick, Rhode Island; Burlington, Vermont; Boise, Idaho.

THE SURFER on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach (Shutterstock/Sandra Foyt).

But Irvine had a score of 11, Garden Grove of 35 and  Huntington Beach of 36. Orange County cities scoring lower were Santa Ana (75) and Anaheim (83). Last place was occupied by Riverside (99). 

Chip Lupo, analyst for Wallethub, a financial services firm, said “When people think about safety in a city, their minds go immediately to things like the crime rate, auto fatality rate or risk of natural disasters.

“The safest cities in America protects residents from these threats of bodily harm and property damage, but on top of that, they also help secure people’s financial safety.

“Financial safety includes things like minimizing the risk of fraud and keeping the population employed and insured, and combatting homelessness.”