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Chatham Twp. Ranked Safest Town in New Jersey
Annual safety and security report by Safewise.com says low crime, strong police department make up township's ranking.
We’re number 1! We’re number 1!
Well look at that, Chatham Township again ranks at the top of a statewide list, and this one may be the most prestigious of them all.
Safewise.com, the self-proclaimed “authority on safety and home security news,” released its 2015 safest towns in New Jersey list, and Chatham Township was ranked number one in the state.
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The rankings were based on communities in the Garden State with at least 10,000 people in 2013 and crime data reported to the FBI, known as the Uniform Crime Report. Safewise compared the number of reported violent crimes and property crimes in each city, and based each on a per-1,000 person ratio to make the ratios even across small and large towns.
In addition to topping the state’s rankings, Chatham Township was ranked number 14 overall in the website’s 100 safest cities in America report.
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