How Sales Tax is Calculated. If an item is subject to sales tax in the state to which the order is shipped, tax is generally calculated on the total selling price of each individual item.
In total, 15 communities that were consistently in the top 15 safest cities for the last three years were evaluated for their 2014 data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Michigan State Police. Other cities included in the top 15 were Macomb Township, Waterford Township, St. Clair Shores, Ann Arbor, Royal Oak and Canton.
For cities of 500,000 or more people, here's the score: Safest city was Honolulu, HI, followed by 2. New York, NY. El Paso, TX was 3rd, San Jose 4th, Austin 5th, San Diego sixth, Seattle 7th, and Los Angeles 8th safest. California ranks three out of the top 8, which isn't too bad. Bad cities (unsafe) brought Detroit in first place, followed by Baltimore, Memphis, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Dallas. Note: This chart below is from 2005.