Where does your state stack up when it comes to being retirement-friendly? If you plan to relocate when you retire, it's easy to put your rose-colored glasses on and look at all the pros of your new locale. While that's fine and dandy, it would be smart to consider safety. And if you plan to stay put after retirement, is that the best choice? The data analysis team at VivintSource just released a list of the safest and most dangerous options for retirement by state. Their conclusions came from examining a range of factors including property crime stats, hospital rankings, senior citizen population, Ombudsman complaints, and more. Based on the data, here are the 10 safest and the 10 most dangerous states for retirement:

Safest:

1. New York
2. Pennsylvania
3. Massachusetts
4. New Hampshire
5. Iowa
6. Maine
7. Wisconsin
8. Minnesota
9. West Virginia
10. Hawaii

Most Dangerous:

1. Alaska
2. New Mexico
3. South Carolina
4. Texas
5. Nevada
6. Delaware
7. Georgia
8. Wyoming
9. Utah
10. Kentucky

VivintSource points out some of the most interesting findings from the report:

• The safest states all have relatively low property crime rates (except Hawaii) and relatively low Ombudsman complaints per capita (except Massachusetts). The most dangerous states rank below average in at least four of the six data points we looked at.
• New York has the fewest Ombudsman complaints per capita, and it also ranks #2 for fewest property crimes per capita and above average in all other measurements except senior population percentage.
• Even though Wyoming has the best air quality, it ranks #44 because property crime rates, physicians per capita, Ombudsman complaints, and senior population are below average. While Alaska has low rates of fraud, it scored poorly on all other fronts.

The full report can be viewed here.