McALLEN – The City of McAllen has once again been recognized as one of the safest cities in Texas, based on an independent study done by Bacgroundchecks.org , which utilized the FBI crime statistics and a unique methodology metric to gain a city’s safety index score. The City of McAllen was ranked #23 out 2,929 of the top cities with a population over 10,000, receiving a safety index score of .39. While other cities ranked higher, McAllen is the only city with a population over 140,000 to rank amongst the top 25. “McAllen is clearly a safe community,” said McAllen Mayor ...