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How Safe is Swampscott Compared to Other Bay State Communities?
In case you missed it during the busy week, the recent rankings were created using FBI crime data.
Swampscott was ranked one of the safest communities in the Bay State.
The personal finance service ValuePenguin ranked Swampscott No. 147 on its survey of the safest Massachusetts communities overall.
ValuePenguin created “Small Cities,” “Midsize Cities” and “Big Cities” categories for the Top 10 safest communities in the state. Though it didn’t make the top 10, Swampscott’s population of 13,995 according to ValuePenguin, would have placed the town in the “Midsize Cities” category.
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Swampscott’s statistics included 186 violent crimes and 1,901 property crimes per 100,000 people.
The survey of was based on FBI crime data. Here’s a look at the 10 communities ranked near Swampscott:
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142. East Longmeadow
143. Spencer
144. Orleans
145. South Hadley
146. Lunenburg
147. Swampscott
148. Bellingham
149. Beverly
150. Woburn
151. Harwich
And here’s a look at the top 10 safest midsize cities (population between 10,000 and 20,000):
1. Norfolk
2. Sharon
3. Duxbury
4. Sudbury
5. Wayland
6. Weston
7. Hopkinton
8. Norton
9. Bedford
10. Medway
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