Twenty safest cities in Iowa. Contributed image.

The annual SafeWise Report has listed the 20 safest cities in Iowa and Washington is among them. Washington ranked 17th, moving up from 34th. The local violent crimes per 1,000 was 4.88 and the property crimes per 1,000 was 7.33. The number one safest city is Eldridge, in Scott County. North Liberty ranked 11th, Vinton ranked ninth, Williamsburg is seventh, and West Liberty is sixth.

The determination is made by reviewing the most recent FBI Crime Report statistics from 2015 along with population data, and all cities with fewer than 3,000 residents were eliminated.