Westwood, Hillsdale Ranked 2nd And 3rd Safest Places To Live In N.J.

WESTWOOD, NJ - Westwood and HIllsdale were named the second and third safest place to live in New Jersey, respectively, recently.

The municipalities were two 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.

Westwood has a very transient population with very low crime rates, according to the rankings.

Violent crimes per 1,000 people: 0.4

Robbery per 1,000: 0.1

Property crime per 1,000: 3.8

Burglary per 1,000: 0.3

CreditDonkey safety score: 1.146

Hillsdale’s numbers were similar:

Violent crimes per 1,000 people: 0.2

Robbery per 1,000: 0

Property crime per 1,000: 3.9

Burglary per 1,000: 0.7

CreditDonkey safety score: 1.192

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

9. Hasbrouck Heights

7. Mahwah

6. Bergenfield

3. Hillsdale

2. Westwood