SmartAsset recently ranked 360 U.S. towns within 45 minutes driving distance of a major city based on the rates of violent crime, property crime, drug overdoses, traffic deaths and excessive drinking to determine America’s safest suburbs. And two in Gwinnett County – Dacula and Buford – made the list of 20 safest. So did Canton in Cherokee County.
You can read the full report here: America’s Safest Suburbs – 2025 Study
But here’s what the report had to say about Dacula and Buford:
- Dacula, GA
- Population: 7,135
- Violent crime per capita: 0.0017
- Property crime per capita: 0.0062
- Number of traffic deaths per 100,000 people: 9.3399
- Number of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people: 16.0970
- Percentage of adults reporting excessive drinking: 16.16%
- Median monthly housing costs: $1,547
- Median household income: $74,900
- Buford, GA
- Population: 17,611
- Violent crime per capita: 0.0028
- Property crime per capita: 0.0092
- Number of traffic deaths per 100,000 people: 9.3399
- Number of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people: 16.0970
- Percentage of adults reporting excessive drinking: 16.16%
- Median monthly housing costs: $1,300
- Median household income: $71,598