Cary Ranked Among Safest Cities In State

From the Cary Police Department: The National Council for Home Safety and Security just announced their 2018 ranking of the Safest Cities in Illinois. As depicted in their table below, Cary ranked as the 8th Safest City in Illinois.

Methodology (paraphrased directly from their website)

To identify the safest cities in Illinois, the Council reviewed the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics along with their own population data and internal research. They eliminated any cities that failed to submit a complete crime report to the FBI and removed cities with populations under 10,000.

The remaining cities were ranked based on the number of reported violent crimes (aggravated assault, murder, rape, and robbery) and property crimes (burglary, arson, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) per 1,000 people. These variables were then weighted, with violent crimes accounting for 1.5 of the total (due to their severity) than property crimes.

The full list of cities and methodology may be viewed here.

Top image via Shutterstock, chart image via the Cary Police Department