12 Morris County Towns Ranked Among Safest in New Jersey

Morris County is home to 39 individual municipalities, great schools, plenty of Fortune 500 companies, and close to 400,000 residents.

It’s also one of the safest places to be in New Jersey.

Safewise.com, the self-proclaimed “authority on safety and home security news,” released its 2015 safest towns in New Jersey list, and 12 Morris County towns made the top 50, including the top two spots.

Those rankings only include towns with populations of more than 10,000; there are several Morris County municipalities that do not meet the figure and were not analyzed for the list.

In comparison, Ocean and Camden counties did not have a single town on the top-50 list.

The rankings were based on population 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.

The 12 Morris County towns and their rank are:

• Chatham Township: 1
• Washington Township: 2
• Kinnelon: 13
• Madison: 19
• Randolph Township: 22
• Denville Township: 23
• Montville Township: 28
• Jefferson Township: 32
• Pequannock Township: 34
• Morris Township: 39
• Parsippany: 43
• Florham Park: 44

See the full list below by clicking on the “50 Safest Cities in New Jersey” button: