Holly Springs Among Top 20 Safest Cities in Georgia

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Holly Springs, GA -- SafeWise has released its list of the 20 safest cities in Georgia, and a small Cherokee County city has made the list for the second year in a row.

Holly Springs comes in at number 15 on the list, which was released Jan. 19.

Safewise calculates the safest cities by reviewing the most recent FBI Crime Report statistics from 2014, which is the most recent data available for a full calendar year. It also removed from consideration cities that have fewer than 4,000 residents or those who 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, we calculated the likelihood of these crimes occurring out of 1,000 people in each city,” Safewise added.

Cities in the top 20 are:

1. Summerville
2. Johns Creek
3. Grovetown
4. Milton
5. Flowery Branch
6. Peachtree City
7. Tyrone
8. Folkston
9. Braselton
10. Auburn
11. Kennesaw
12. McRae
13. Jefferson
14. Port Wentworth
15. Holly Springs
16. Jackson
17. Roswell
18. Commerce
19. Alpharetta
20. Duluth

Remaining metro Atlanta cities include Canton at 21, Adairsville at 22, Loganville at 23, Woodstock at 25, Sandy Springs at 27, Fayetteville at 29, Brookhaven at 30, Acworth at 31, Smyrna at 35, Decatur at 37, Norcross at 58, Dunwoody at 59, Marietta at 64, Powder Springs at 71, Atlanta at 92 and Cumming at 96.

You can view the full list here.

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