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How Safe is Reading Compared to Other Bay State Communities?
In case you missed it during the busy week, the recent rankings were created using FBI crime data.

Reading was ranked one of 10 safest large communities in the Bay State.
The personal finance service ValuePenguin ranked Reading No. 4 on its survey of the safest Massachusetts communities with at least 20,000 residents. Reading’s population was 25,398 as of the latest Census.
Reading’s statistics included 39 violent crimes and 724 property crimes per 100,000 residents.
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The survey of was based on FBI crime data. Here’s the top 10:
- Franklin
- Shrewsbury
- Westford
- Reading
- Acton
- Wellesley
- Lexington
- Winchester
- Stoneham
- Andover
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