Zionsville Is The Sixth Safest City In America: Analysis

ZIONSVILLE, IN -- A new analysis has ranked the 100 safest cities in America and three cities in Indiana made the list.

NeighborhoodScout, a web-based platform from Location, Inc., compared the safety of cities with at least 25,000 people based on the total number of property and violent crimes per 1,000 residents.

Their analysis, released on Monday, found there are three states in Indiana on the list, including one in the top 10.

Zionsville was the sixth safest city in the country, with a crime index of 89 out of 100, with 100 being the safest.

This means Zionsville is safer than 89 percent of cities in America, NeighborhoodScout says. There were 32 violent crimes in the city, a rate of just 1.19 per 1,000 residents. There were two murders in Zionsville and three rapes.

There were also 108 property crimes in Zionsville , a rate of 4.13 per 1,000 residents.

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NeighborhoodScout says the odds of becoming a victim of a violent crime in Zionsville are one in 837 compared to one in 247 in Indiana. Here are Zionsville's safest neighborhoods according to the website:

1. Northern Meadows
2. Russell Lake / Eaglewood Estates
3. Town Center

Secuity company SafeWise recently ranked Zionsville as the safest city in Indiana.

As far as the other two cities in Indiana, Carmel was ranked number 59 on NeighborhoodScout's list, with a crime index of 71 percent for how much safer Carmel is compared to other cities in America.

Fishers came in at 89, with a crime index of 64 percent.

The safest city in America, NeighborhoodScout says, is Ridgefield, Connecticut, with a crime index of 95. The city, which has just over 25,000 people, saw no murders, rapes or robberies last year.

37 percent of the nation’s safest cities reside in just two states: Massachusetts and Illinois, which had 19 and 18 cities on the list, respectively.

Andrew Schiller, CEO and founder of Location, Inc. and NeighborhoodScout, said bedroom communities within large metro areas and near major urban centers such as Boston, Chicago, and New York continue to make their list.

"These safe communities within the urban/suburban fabric of America's largest metropolitan areas often combine access to high-paying jobs in the urban center, decent schools, and a high quality of life,” Schiller said in a release. “This access to opportunity increases home values, with the result often being lower crime."
The safest cities rankings list differs from NeighborhoodScout's list of the most dangerous cities because it comprises both violent and property crimes. The group says the general public tends to equate a “dangerous" city with "violent" crime and a "safe" city with safety from both property crime and violence.

NeighborhoodScout says its analysis includes all reported crimes from all 18,000 local law enforcement agencies across the country.

Patch reporter Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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