Forbes: S. Fla. at bottom of safest city list - South Florida Business Journal:

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area ranked dead last on Forbes list of the safest largest cities in the U.S.

The rankings are based on a city’s levels of violent crime, workplace fatalities rates, traffic death rates and natural disaster risk.

America's southernmost metropolis ranked among the six worst in all four categories earning it the lowest overall safety ranking the list, according to Forbes.

The S. Fla. area ranked No. 35 for violent crime, No. 34 in workplace fatalities, No. 35 in traffic deaths and No. 40 for natural disaster risk.

Minneapolis-St. Paul ranked No. 1 scoring high in all categories. Portland, Ore., ranked third, and Boston and Seattle tied for fourth in Forbes’ rankings.

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