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.