The following cities ranked among the top 5 most "unsafe" places in the U.S. during the holidays, according to new research from Vivint, a smart-home security company.
Researchers combined "property crime data, Google search trends and other security factors" to rank the 50 largest cities in the country in order by crime risk.
Those factors include data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), Google Trends searches related to holiday security, security features for Airbnb listings, registered Neighborhood Watch groups and National Insurance Crime Bureau statistics, according to Vivint.
Here are the top 5, with the highest "risk scores" representing the most risky places, according to Vivint:
1. St. Louis
Risk score of 62.49
2. Newark, Delaware
Risk score of 62.46
3. Salt Lake City
Risk score of 60.20
4. Denver
Risk score of 62.46
5. Seattle
Risk score of 59.34
