Hopkinton Nearly Tops Safest Places to Live List

HOPKINTON, MA—If you live here, you know this already. Hopkinton's a really safe place to live.

Hopkinton is the 8th safest town in the United States according to the Safewise “100 Safest Cities in America” study.

Safewise is a community-focused security organization committed to increasing safety education, awareness, and preparedness. Other Massachusetts towns that made the Top 25 were Wayland, Sudbury, Norfolk, Franklin, Weston and Clinton.

As the starting site of the Boston Marathon, Hopkinton has even deeper ties to healthy living. With a special focus on wellness, Hopkinton offers anonymous mental health screenings and access to seminars focused on wellness topics. The Hopkinton Youth Commission is in town, too, to provide families with clinical and social services. - Safewise

To compile this report, SafeWise used the most recent FBI crime data to analyze and rank these cities, which all have a minimum population of 10,000 people.

Check out the full listing of Safewise’s 100 Safest Cities in America here.

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