Milton Named Georgia's 2nd Safest City for 2017

ALPHARETTA, GA -- The cities of Milton and Alpharetta are getting high marks for the safe environments their citizens and stakeholders have come to enjoy and rely upon.

Safewise has named Milton as the second safest city in Georgia for 2017. Alpharetta also ranks 18th on the list, which was unveiled Monday, Jan. 16.

To come up with its list, Safewise used data from the 2015 FBI Crime Report, the most recent statistics available.

It also removed from consideration cities that have fewer than 4,000 residents or those that don’t submit crime data to the FBI.

From there, Safewise then narrows down the list by the number of reported violent crimes (aggravated assault, murder, rape and robbery) and property crimes (burglary, arson, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) in those cities.

"To further level the playing field," Safewise also calculated the likelihood of these crimes occurring out of 1,000 people in each city, the company said.

• Read more about the methodology here.

Both Alpharetta and Milton improved their rankings from the previous year, with Alpharetta clocking in at 19 and Milton at 4, respectively, in 2016. However, another north Fulton County city -- Johns Creek -- was crowned the winner for 2017, moving up from second place in 2016.

Other metro Atlanta cities on the list include Senoia at 3, Braselton at 5, Peachtree City at 8, Kennesaw at 13, Roswell at 14, Canton at 15, Holly Springs at 17, Woodstock at 19, Sandy Springs at 27, Brookhaven at 29, Suwanee at 30, Loganville at 32, Acworth at 33, Smyrna at 34, Newnan at 39, Decatur at 42, Fayetteville at 45, Powder Springs at 46, McDonough at 49 and Lawrenceville at 50.

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