McALLEN - McAllen is once again being recognized as one of the safest cities in the United States, this time by the website 24/7Wall St., ranking McAllen as number 4 on the list. The website only considered the 294 midsize and large cities tracked by the FBI with populations of at least 100,000. To identify the 50 safest U.S. cities, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed violent crime rates in cities with at least 100,000 people from the FBI’s 2018 Uniform Crime Report. They also considered 10-year population change, using data from the FBI. Another metrics considered for the ranking were annual ...