Milton Named Georgia's 4th Safest City

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The city of Milton can add another distinction to its list of perks to attract new and retain current residents.

Safewise has ranked the city fourth its list of the 40 Safest Cities in Georgia.

Safewise, which provides advice on home safety and security, came up with its list by analyzing data from the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Reporting from cities that had 4,000 or more residents in 2013.

Once it narrowed that list down, Safewise then reviewed the number of violent crimes -- murder, robbery, forcible rape and aggravated assault -- and property crimes such as burglary, arson, vehicle theft and larceny-theft reported in each of those cities.

Following that computation, Safewise then calculate how often those crimes were reported to police per 1,000 people.

Cities that don’t report data to the FBI or those that had incomplete data were not considered. According to Safewise, Milton’s violent crime rate was .22 per 1,000 people while its property crime rate clocked in at 11.72 per 1,000 residents.

Safewise made the following note about the city:

Milton was incorporated less than 10 years ago, but it’s already making a name for itself as a safe place to live and work. In fact, since 2012, the number of robberies in Milton fell from six to just one. Moreover, no murders, vehicle thefts, or arsons were reported to law enforcement in 2013.

For Alpharetta, Safewise states:

We congratulate the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety for being named the “2015 Agency of the Year” by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy Associates. As if that’s not impressive enough, the community reported less than one incident of violent crime per 1,000 residents, which is remarkable for a city of nearly 65,000.

That city’s violent crime rate was .74 per 1,000 residents while its property crime rate was reported at 19.36 per 1,000 residents.

The 2015 list includes:

1. Johns Creek
2. Holly Springs
3. Summerville
4. Milton
5. Peachtree City
6. Adairsville
7. Folkston
8. Tyrone
9. Flowery Branch
10. McRae
11. Jefferson
12. Hampton
13. Kennesaw
14. Grovetown
15. Braselton
16. Canton
17. Perry
18. Port Wentworth
19. Alpahretta
20. Richmond Hill
21. Commerce
22. Jackson
23. Roswell
24. Woodstock
25. Suwanee
26. Duluth
27. Cairo
28. Dawson
29. Pooler
30. Waynesboro
31. Sandy Springs
32. Glenville
33. Bremen
34. Loganville
35. Euharlee
36. Lawrenceville
37. Byron
38. Fayetteville
39. Kingsland
40. St. Mary’s

Safewise noted it was “remarkable” that Georgia’s safest cities boast an average violent crime rate of 1.86 per 1,000 residents, which is half of the national average. Furthermore, the property crime rate was 30 percent less than most American cities.

“Additionally, one-third of Georgia’s safest cities reported less than one incident of violent crime per 1,000 residents, and 80 percent (or 32 of the 40 cities on our list) reported no murders,” Safewise continued.

Tell us: what do you think of the list?

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