Sandy Springs Named To List of Georgia's Safest Cities

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

Safewise has ranked the city 31st on 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, Sandy Springs’s violent crime rate was 1.83 per 1,000 people while its property crime rate clocked in at 27.07 per 1,000 residents.

Safewise made the following note about the city:

Since Sandy Springs incorporated 10 years ago, the community has enjoyed a noteworthy reduction in crime. For example, the number of burglaries has dropped nearly 35 percent over the decade. This could be attributed to the many citizen safety training opportunities and education classes the Sandy Springs Police Department hosts each year.

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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Photo credit: Safewise