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Highland Park Ranked Among Safest Places in U.S.
City comes in top 100 nationally, but not in top 10 of Illinois.

HIGHLAND PARK, IL - Highland Park has been ranked as one of the top 100 safest cities in the country.
NeighborhoodScout.com had Highland Park listed as the No. 81 safest place in the country based on a study that took into account the number of property and violent crimes per 1,000 residents.
However, there were 13 cities in Illinois the study deemed safer than Highland Park. Lake in the Hills was found to be the safest place in Illinois and ranked No. 7 nationally.
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According to NeighborhoodScout, crimes included in the study were burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, murder, rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault.
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