Wayland Named One of the Safest Towns in the Country

Wayland is considered a very safe town in which to live, as any resident will tell you. So will the police department.

In fact, Chief Robert Irving was recently told that Wayland was named the sixth safest town in the Unite States the Safewise “100 Safest Cities in America” report.

Safewise is a community-focused security organization committed to increasing safety education, awareness, and preparedness. Wayland’s ranking was the highest for any Massachusetts town, said the announcement.

“This ranking shows the hard work and dedication of all public safety personnel in Wayland and the tremendous partnership between the community and the police officers, firefighters and dispatchers that serve and protect the town on a daily basis,” said Chief Irving.

To compile this report, SafeWise used the most recent FBI crime data from 2013 to analyze and rank these cities, which all have a minimum population of 10,000 people.

“Widening the safest cities concept from a state-by-state analysis to include all of America seemed like the next logical step at SafeWise,” SafeWise security analyst Mike Strayer said in a release. “That said, I think it’s safe to say we didn’t expect to see so many innovative, community-safety programs thriving all around the U.S. independently of one another.”

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

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