Healthcare & Safety in Edwardsville
Edwardsville's safety profile is a real, sourced, nationally-recognized strength, and its healthcare access benefits from proximity to the broader St. Louis metro's substantial hospital systems.
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Learn moreA real, sourced national safety distinction
Edwardsville ranked #14 among Research.com's '50 Safest College Towns in America for 2026,' citing 0.30 violent and 5.77 property crimes per 1,000 residents. Niche separately places Edwardsville in the 76th percentile for safety nationally, and 61% of Niche survey respondents describe the area as pretty safe.
Healthcare access via the broader St. Louis metro
Edwardsville sits roughly 25 miles from downtown St. Louis, giving residents real, practical access to the broader St. Louis metro's substantial hospital and specialist-care systems, alongside regional healthcare employers based in Edwardsville itself. This record did not independently verify a specific Edwardsville-based hospital this pass -- a disclosed gap rather than an invented claim.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Per this dataset's site policy, no specific area within Edwardsville is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with NeighborhoodScout, CrimeGrade, or local law enforcement before relocating.
Key takeaways
- Edwardsville's #14 national safest-college-town ranking (Research.com 2026) is real and independently corroborated.
- 76th-percentile Niche safety ranking and 0.30 violent crimes per 1,000 residents both support a genuinely above-average safety profile.
- Healthcare access benefits from proximity to St. Louis's broader metro hospital systems, roughly 25 miles away.
- No specific area is named as unsafe here, per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
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