Hasbrouck Heights Ranked 9th Safest Place To Live In N.J.

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Hasbrouck Heights was named the ninth safest place to live in New Jersey, recently.

The municipality was one of more than a dozen from Bergen County to be included on creditdonkey.com’s list of the top 50 safest places to live.

The website evaluated 2014 FBI Crime Report data, and looked at the number of violent crimes, robberies, property crimes, which included theft, vandalism, and shoplifting, and burglaries.

According to the rankings:

“Hasbrouck Heights ties with just one other city on our list for the lowest number of burglaries reported. The grand total for 2014 came to just three incidents, which is one more than the number of robberies reported. At less than 16 miles from Manhattan, it’s certainly worth a look for commuters who want a safe place to come home to at night.”

Violent crimes per 1,000 people: 0.5

Robbery per 1,000: 0.2

Property crime per 1,000: 4.7

Burglary per 1,000: 0.2

CreditDonkey safety score: 1.407

Only towns with with a population of 10,000 residents or more were ranked.

Other Bergen County towns ranked were:

46. Fort Lee

45. Ridgewood

43. Little Ferry

40. Montville

38. Tenafly

36. Palisades Park

31. Franklin Lakes

29. River Edge

25. Glen Rock

19. Wyckoff

16. Ridgefield

13. New Milford

10. Dumont

6. Bergenfield

3. Hillsdale

2. Westwood