Cranford Named One of Safest Places to Live

Cranford, NJ -- A credit card comparison website has named the Town of Cranford as one of the best place to live in the Garden State.

CreditDonkey reviewed five areas to come up with its list for the state of New Jersey: odds of being a victim of a violent crime; number of robberies; number of property crimes; and number of burglaries.

To compile the data, CreditDonkey looked at FBI Crime Report data for 2014.

Cranford was named 49 out of the top 50 CreditDonkey listed.

For Cranford, the website notes:

• Violent crime per 1,000 residents: 0.2
• Robbery per 1,000 residents: 0.1
  
• Property crime per 1,000 residents: 7.3
  
• Burglary per 1,000 residents: 1.5
  
• CreditDonkey safety score: 2.299

“Cranford Township has a reputation for being one of the safest cities in the larger Union County area, and it’s largely due to the efforts of local law enforcement,” the site states. “The Cranford Police Crime Prevention Unit has developed multiple programs to combat everything from identity theft to burglary. Those initiatives have paid off, with just three robberies and 36 burglaries reported in 2014.”

The top three safest places to live were listed as Washington Township (1), Westwood (2) and Hillsdale (3).

For the full top 50 towns CLICK HERE.

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