Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31246660-20180322124320/@comment-34147723-20180906043013

Safest house is Vlindrel Hall in Markarth. No dragons, no hired thugs (they appear between the stables and farm/mine), and vampires get mobbed by lots of guards almost immediately (whereas other cities have light guard presence at vampire spawn points). The only threats are running into the guy who stole the research from Katria for the aetherium wars book and his thugs in the inn. The Forsworn escaping Cidhna Mine during the day can kill important npcs too.

Out of all of the homesteads, I have the least encounters and headaches from Windstad. The biggest issue is the npcs will kill all the nearby horkers making it almost impossible to keep them around.