Kings Point Named No. 5 Safest Place in New York

Many people consider several places on Long Island to be "safe," but are they among the safest in New York?

ValuePenguin, a personal finance company, ranked 210 towns in New York based on how safe they are. Eleven Long Island towns cracked the top 100, Kings Point Village which was ranked at No. 5.

Kings Point is the smallest community in the top five, with a population of 5,065, and is the second safest town in Nassau County behind Malverne, the website says.

According to ValuePenguin, "Kings Point Village is approximately a one-hour drive from New York City. It had zero violent crimes reported, and it was the fifth safest for property crime in this research. The median household income was approximately $55,000 above the state’s median household income and home values are very high.”

The information reveals Kings Point has 197 property crimes per 100k and a crime score of 72.

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The website ranked the different towns, villages and cities in the state based on a variety of crime metrics sourced from the FBI across 210 NY cities.

According to its website, ValuePenguin collected the most recent crime data available from the 2014 FBI crime statistics by city, excluding towns with fewer than 5,000 residents since they are more sensitive to crime score fluctuations for fewer crimes committed.

Read about the full methodology here.

To read the full report, click here.

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