North Dakota is the 39th state of the United States, admitted into the union in the year 1889. It is the 19th largest of all the 50 states in terms of area, and the 4th smallest in terms of population. While the state’s crime rate (329 per 100,000 people) is lower than the national average, it has not shown much improvement in the last decade. Criminal incidents are more clustered in urban regions, and a few cities in North Dakota have a crime rate that crosses twice the national crime rate. Williston is by far the most dangerous city - this is often attributed to the fact that it constantly faces an influx of residents due to its oil fields (it is nicknamed “boomtown” for this reason).