Despite its frequent news reports on shootings, dog attacks and carjackings, San Antonio is the safest of Texas’ big cities, according to a study released Monday by personal finance blog WalletHub.
San Antonio is safer than other big Texas cities, but not so safe in comparison to U.S. cities nationwide.
Despite the Alamo City's low ranking on the national list, it beat out Austin , Dallas and Houston . The latter ranked as Texas' most dangerous city. Although the study found San Antonio to be the safest large Texas city, the border town of Laredo came in as the safest spot in Texas overall. It also ranked No. 21 in the nation for safety.
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