Round Rock is in the top 5 Safest Cities in 2017, according to Niche’s Best Places to Live Ranking.

The website states the rankings are based on crime rates for murder, assault, rape, burglary and other crime statistics by city. Rankings are based on data from the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the U.S. Census.

The top 25 cities include:

1.     Naperville, Illinois

2.     Irvine, California

3.     Thousand Oaks, California

4.     Provo, Utah

5.     Round Rock

6.     Ann Arbor, Michigan

7.     Carlsbad, California

8.     Port St. Lucie, Florida

9.     Sunnyvale, California

10.   Cape Coral, Florida

11.   Plano, Texas

12.   Glendale, California

13.   Temecula, Califorina

14.   Overland Park, Kansas

15.   Burbank, California

16.   Richardson, Texas

17.   Fort Collins, Colorado

18.   Boise, Idaho

19.   Rochester Hills, Minnesota

20.   Santa Clara, California

21.   College Station, Texas

22.   Torrance, California

23.   Bellevue, Washington

24.   Boulder, Colorado

25.   McAllen, Texas

For Round Rock, a Niche user said, “the neighbors are wonderful and the area is great for kids. Multiple parks for the kids throughout the neighborhood and [nice] community pools for all ages.”

Further Round Rock rankings on www.roundrocktexas.gov include:

7. Best City to Buy a House

9. Best City to Raise a Family

15. Best Public Schools

16. Best City to Live

36. Best Cities for Millennials

87. Cities with Lowest Cost of Living

88. Best Cities to Retire

89. Healthiest Cities

More information about the rankings is available at www.niche.com.