Sleepy Hollow Named 1 Of Safest Cities In America For 2017

SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY — Sleepy Hollow was one of nine Hudson Valley communities named to the 100 Safest Cities in America list prepared by the SafeWise Report. The team at SafeWise analyzed FBI crime statistics from all 50 states and researched each city's public safety, public health and educational offerings to determine 2017’s list.

All of the communities have a population of at least 10,000 in order to be considered.

For second year in a row, Lewisboro was named the No. 1 Safest City in America.

There were only two crimes reported in the town, and neither was a violent crime, an assault or a burglary.

SafeWise Security Analyst Olga Papadimitriou said, “There is a lot that the nation can learn about community policing, the walkability of safe streets and collaboration between police and neighborhood watch programs to help improve the safety of our cities.”

The Hudson Valley communities on the 100 Safest Cities in America list are:

• 1 Lewisboro
• 13 Rye
• 17 New Castle
• 35 Kent
• 50 Harrison
• 51 Sleepy Hollow
• 76 Bedford
• 80 Carmel
• 98 North Castle

See the complete list of 100 Safest Cities here.

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