Sandy Springs Named One of Georgia's Safest Cities

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- The city of Sandy Springs is getting high marks for the safe environment its citizens and stakeholders have come to enjoy and rely upon.

The city ranks 27th on Safewise' 50 Safest Cities in Georgia for 2017. The list 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.

Sandy Springs' ranking for 2017 is the same one it received in 2016. The rankings of the remaining north Fulton cities include Alpharetta at 18, Johns Creek at number one, Milton at 2 and Roswell at 14.

Other metro Atlanta cities on the list include Senoia at 3, Braselton at 5, Peachtree City at 8, Kennesaw at 13, Canton at 15, Holly Springs at 17, Woodstock at 19, 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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