Study ranks Yonkers among the safest in the U.S. What the criteria were

The Hudson Valley has one of the safest cities in the country, a new study released by WalletHub revealed.

The Westchester County city of Yonkers made the list's top five, which compared more than 180 of the most populated U.S. cities across 41 safety-related metrics ranging from traffic fatalities per capita to the percentage of the population that's uninsured.

"When people think about safety in a city, their minds probably immediately go to things like crime rate, auto fatality rate or risk of natural disasters," WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo says. "The safest cities in America protect residents from these threats of bodily harm and property damage, but on top of that, they also help secure people's financial safety."

Here's what to know.

What put Yonkers at the top?

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