Safest Communities in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam

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Written by LANNING TALIAFERRO (Patch Staff)

There are a lot of local communities on this new list of safest places to live from SafeWise.

It’s called “The 25 Safest Cities in New York—2015.”

“Cities” because the list-makers consider any municipality a city for the purposes of this list if it has a population greater than 8,000 people and it filed a crime report. So you’ll note that New Castle and North Castle, which are towns under the New York state definition, are high on this list. There’s only one actual city: Glen Cove, on Long Island.

In all, 12 of the 25 are from Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties.

1. Malverne Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.47

Property Crimes per 1,000: 2.46

2. New Castle Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.11

Property Crimes per 1,000: 4.31

3. Cornwall Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.10

Property Crimes per 1,000: 4.40

4. Floral Park Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.88
Property Crimes per 1,000: 4.52

5. Shawangunk Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.21
Property Crimes per 1,000: 5.63

6. North Castle Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.25
Property Crimes per 1,000: 5.63

7. East Fishkill Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.31
Property Crimes per 1,000: 5.63

8. Carmel Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.29
Property Crimes per 1,000: 5.75

9. Glen Cove

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.63
Property Crimes per 1,000: 5.42

10. Suffern Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.83
Property Crimes per 1,000: 5.51

11. Croton-on-Hudson Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.12
Property Crimes per 1,000: 6.48

12. Sleepy Hollow Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.80
Property Crimes per 1,000: 5.80

13. Macedon Town and Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.44
Property Crimes per 1,000: 6.68

14. Ramapo Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.65
Property Crimes per 1,000: 6.50

15. Kent Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.07
Property Crimes per 1,000: 7.32

16. Waterford Town and Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.48
Property Crimes per 1,000: 7.03

17. Stony Point Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.78
Property Crimes per 1,000: 6.99

18. Harrison Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.22
Property Crimes per 1,000: 8.07

19. Whitestown Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.00
Property Crimes per 1,000: 8.42

20. Eastchester Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.10
Property Crimes per 1,000: 8.48

21. Schodack Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.35
Property Crimes per 1,000: 8.38

22. Blooming Grove Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.67
Property Crimes per 1,000: 8.25

23. Mount Pleasant Town

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.45
Property Crimes per 1,000: 8.50

24. Lynbrook Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.61
Property Crimes per 1,000: 8.40

25. Lewiston Town and Village

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.74
Property Crimes per 1,000: 8.28

Read about the methodology on the SafeWise Report.