Ranking The NFL’s Safest Stadiums: Cheers Without Fears

April 26, 2024 11:05am

While the New England Patriots play on the field of late has fallen far from the historic highs of the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era, there’s no denying that the lone NFL franchise in America’s Northeast corridor has something going for it off of the gridiron.

That’s because the Pats’ home stadium in Foxborough is a safe haven when it comes to being a reprieve from violence, which BetMassachusetts found after creating a ranking system to find the safest NFL stadiums for spectators. The ranking system factors in the violent crime rating, total crime index, fan behavior rank, and crime grade. All metrics are based on the exact city and zip code of each team’s stadium.

Based on this research, the New England Patriots’ stadium is the safest NFL stadium in the U.S, while the Detroit Lions’ stadium is the most unsafe.

BetMassachusetts.com takes a break from Massachusetts sports betting updates to bring you a list of all 32 NFL stadiums and how they rank in terms of fan safety.

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Ranking NFL Stadium Safety

Rank	Team	Stadium	Violent Crime	Total Crime Index	Fan Behavior Rank	Crime Grade
1	New England Patriots	Gillette Stadium	9.36 (1st)	51 (1st)	14	B- (3rd)
T-2	Green Bay Packers	Lambeau Field	21.81 (5th)	19 (5th)	2	D- (T-12th)
T-2	New York Jets	MetLife Stadium	12.11 (T-2nd)	41 (T-2nd)	8	D- (T-12th)
4	New York Giants	MetLife Stadium	12.11 (T-2nd)	41 (T-2nd)	12	D- (T-12th)
5	Buffalo Bills	Highmark Stadium	13.45 (4th)	36 (4th)	20	A+ (1st)
6	Dallas Cowboys	AT&T Stadium	31.22 (8th)	10 (8th)	5	D (T-11th)
7	Las Vegas Raiders	Allegiant Stadium	35.41 (9th)	7 (T-9th)	10	D+ (10th)
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	Acrisure Stadium	36.03 (12th)	7 (T-9th)	6	F (T-13th)
9	Chicago Bears	Soldier Field	37.15 (13th)	6 (T-13th)	9	D- (T-12th)
T-10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Raymond James Stadium	24.3 (6th)	16 (6th)	28	D (T-11th)
T-10	Los Angeles Chargers	SoFi Stadium	35.91 (10th)	7 (T-9th)	24	C (T-8th)
12	Miami Dolphins	Hard Rock Stadium	29.79 (7th)	11 (7th)	31	C (T-8th)
13	Los Angeles Rams	SoFi Stadium	35.91 (T-10th)	7 (T-9th)	29	C (T-8th)
14	San Francisco 49ers	Levi’s Stadium	39.29 (15th)	5 (T-15th)	19	C (T-8th)
15	Baltimore Ravens	M&T Bank Stadium	48.36 (20th)	3 (T-18th)	11	F (T-13th)
16	Arizona Cardinals	State Farm Stadium	37.60 (14th)	6 (T-13th)	31	B- (T-6th)
17	New Orleans Saints	Caesars Superdome	60.98 (26th)	1 (T-25th)	1	F (T-13th)
18	Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Browns Stadium	59.91 (25th)	1 (T-25th)	3	F (T-13th)
19	Philadelphia Eagles	Lincoln Financial Field	53.67 (23rd)	2(T-23rd)	7	F (T-13th)
T-20	Kansas City Chiefs	Arrowhead Stadium	63.18 (27th)	1 (T-25th)	4	D- (T-12th)
T-20	Washington Commanders	Commanders Field	48.71 (21st)	3 (T-18th)	17	D- (T-12th)
22	Carolina Panthers	Bank of America Stadium	41.95 (16th)	5 (T-15th)	25	F (T-13th)
23	Cincinnati Bengals	Paycor Stadium	46.34 (18th)	3 (T-18th)	22	F (T-13th)
24	Indianapolis Colts	Lucas Oil	43.82 (17th)	4 (17th)	26	F (T-13th)
25	Tennessee Titans	Nissan Stadium	49.6 (22nd)	3 (T-18th)	21	F (T-13th)
T-26	Atlanta Falcons	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	47.91 (19th)	3 (T-18th)	30	F (T-13th)
T-26	Seattle Seahawks	Lumen Field	65.73 (29th)	1 (T-25th)	13	F (T-13th)
T-28	Minnesota Vikings	U.S. Bank Stadium	66.28 (31st)	1 (T-25th)	15	F (T-13th)
T-28	Jacksonville Jaguars	EverBank Stadium	63.99 (28th)	1 (T-25th)	18	F (T-13th)
T-28	Denver Broncos	Empower Field	74.14 (32nd)	1 (T-25th)	16	D (T-11th)
31	Houston Texans	NRG Stadium	57.34 (24th)	2 (T-23rd)	27	D (T-11th)
32	Detroit Lions	Ford Field	66.09 (30th)	1 (T-25th)	23	F (T-13th)

Note: Neighborhoodscout.com was used to find the violent crime and total crime index; Yardbarker.com was used to find the fan behavior ranking; CrimeGrade.org was used to find the crime grades.

Gillette Stadium Leads NFL In Safety

According to our research, Gillette Stadium has the lowest violent crime rate of any NFL stadium, at 9.36, ranking ahead of MetLife Stadium, which is home of the New York Giants and Jets.

Throw in the fact that Gillette Stadium ranked 14th for fan behavior and had a B- crime grade (putting it 3rd out of 29 NFL stadiums) and you have the ingredients that allowed the Foxborough mecca of American football to take the top spot in the NFL.

Overall, Gillette Stadium beat out Lambeau Field, which had the fifth lowest violent crime rate in the league (21.81) and the No. 2 fan behavior rank but fell thanks to the facility’s D- crime grade (putting GB in a tie for 12th in the 32-team league).

The NFL stadiums that rounded out the top end of the list were MetLife Stadium for the New York Jets and Giants, followed by Highmark Stadium, which is home to the Buffalo Bills, who ranked fifth in the league.

Throw in the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium, Allegiant Stadium (home of the Las Vegas Raiders), Acrisure Stadium (home of the Pittsburgh Steelers), Soldier Field (home of the Chicago Bears), and two stadiums (Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, and SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles) and you have the full top 10 when it comes to the safest stadiums in the NFL.

Conversely, the least safe stadium in the league is Detroit’s Ford Field, which had the 30th-ranked crime rate (66.09) and the 23rd-ranked fan behavior score, combined with an F ranking for crime grade.

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