Pflugerville Ranks Among 'Safest Places' In Texas

PFLUGERVILLE, TX -- The city has been ranked as one of the state's safest places, ranked high in the No. 6 slot for its category among large cities with more than 50,000 population.

The findings by valuepenguin ranks Pflugerville as the fifth-safest place in Texas, respectively behind Flower Mound, Allen, Rowlett, Mansfield and Cedar Park.

Among safest places, Pflugerville bested Sugar Land, Frisco, Missouri City and League City, according to the data. Overall, the city ranks as the 40th safest places in Texas, according to the survey.

To rank cities, data was culled from 2014 FBI crime statistics.

"Not every town participates in this report and we also excluded towns with fewer than 5,000 residents because towns with small populations are more sensitive to crime score fluctuations for fewer crimes committed," the study's authors wrote. "The raw data report included property crimes (burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson), and violent crimes (murder/manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) from all law enforcement agencies that chose to partake in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program."

The data were based on crime rates per 1oo,ooo population. Once studied, the data was aggregated with a "crime scrore" by weighting violent crime rate at 80 percent and property crime at 20 percent.
"Though property crime is more prevalent, we figured that violent crime is more concerning to town residents," the study's authors wrote. "Then we adjusted the crime score for population size, giving more slack to larger cities. Finally, we ranked the cities based on their crime scores.

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