Canton, Woodstock Among Georgia's Safest Cities

CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA -- The cities of Woodstock, Canton and Holly Springs are getting high marks for the safe environment their citizens and stakeholders have come to enjoy and rely upon.

Safewise has named all three municipalities to its list of the 50 Safest Cities in Georgia for 2017.

The list, which was unveiled Monday, Jan. 16, places Canton at 15, Holly Springs at 17 and Woodstock at 19, respectively.

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.

The 2017 rankings of all three cities were improvements from their places on the list in 2016. Woodstock's ranking increased from 25 while Canton bounced from 21 and Holly Springs from 16, respectively.

Other metro Atlanta cities on the list include Johns Creek at 1, Milton at 2, Senoia at 3, Braselton at 5, Peachtree City at 8, Kennesaw at 13, Roswell at 14, Alpharetta at 18, Sandy Springs at 27, Euharlee at 28, Brookhaven at 29, Suwanee at 30, Loganville at 32, Acworth at 33, Smyrna at 34, Adairsville at 37, Newnan at 39, Decatur at 42, Fayetteville at 45, Powder Springs at 46, McDonough at 49 and Lawrenceville at 50.

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