Crime & Safety
12 Pennsylvania Towns Among 100 Safest In America In 2017
Pennsylvania has many of the safest towns in America, according to one report. Find out which ones.
A national company that specializes in security consulting, Safewise.com, came out with its list of the safest towns in America last week. Pennsylvania had among the most, with 12.
The SafeWise team analyzed FBI crime statistics from all 50 states and researched each city's public safety, public health, and educational offerings to determine 2017’s 100 Safest Cities in America.
The list also presented its reasons for why each city was chosen. South Park Township topped the Pennsylvania list because "whenever citizens leave town for vacation or work, they can alert police officers to keep an eye on their homes. This is likely part of the reason there were just 35 property crimes in 2015, so we’re glad to see this safety protocol," the website says.
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Here is the list of Pennsylvania and New Jersey towns:
- #5 Washington Township, New Jersey (Morris)
- #8 River Vale, New Jersey
- #10 South Park Township, Pennsylvania
- #21 Bernards Township, New Jersey
- #23 Penn Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- #25 Lower Salford Township, Pennsylvania
- #27 Kinnelon, New Jersey
- #29 Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania
- #33 Clinton Township, New Jersey
- #36 Hillsdale, New Jersey
- #37 Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania
- #40 Whitehall, Pennsylvania
- #42 Chatham Township, New Jersey
- #44 Colts Neck Township, New Jersey
- #45 Warren Township, New Jersey
- #46 Monroe Township, New Jersey (Middlesex)
- #48 Franklin Park, Pennsylvania
- #52 Sparta Township, New Jersey
- #53 Ridgefield, New Jersey
- #55 Woolwich Township, New Jersey
- #58 Mahwah Township, New Jersey
- #59 New Milford, New Jersey
- #61 Berkeley Heights Township, New Jersey
- #64 Madison, New Jersey
- #67 New Providence, New Jersey
- #68 Wyckoff Township, New Jersey
- #70 Adams Township, Pennsylvania (Butler)
- #73 Montgomery Township, New Jersey
- #75 South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
- #78 Bergenfield, New Jersey
- #79 Ringwood, New Jersey
- #83 Randolph Township, New Jersey
- #84 Branchburg Township, New Jersey
- #86 Warwick Township, Pennsylvania (Bucks)
- #87 Cecil Township, Pennsylvania
- #91 Upper St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania
- #93 Dumont, New Jersey
- #95 Raritan Township, New Jersey
- #100 Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
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