National Council for Home Safety and Security: Safest Cities in New Jersey announced for 2018
The National Council for Home Safety and Security is happy to announce their ranking of the Safest Cities in New Jersey for 2018. The top ten are:
1. River Vale Township
2. New Milford
3. Washington Township, Morris County
4. Clinton Township
5. Bernards Township
6. Warren Township
7. Hillsdale
8. Monroe Township, Middlesex County
9. Bergenfield
10. Woolwich Township
For more information: https://www.alarms.org/safest-
To identify the safest cities, we reviewed the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics along with our own population data and internal research. We eliminated any cities that failed to submit a complete crime report to the FBI and removed cities with populations under 10,000.
The cities were ranked based on the number of reported violent crimes (aggravated assault, murder, rape, and robbery) and property crimes (burglary, arson, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) per 1,000 people. These variables were then weighted, with violent crimes assigned a value 1.5 times (due to their severity) that of property crimes.
The report was formally released on February 5, 2018.
The National Council for Home Safety and Security is a trade association comprised of home security professionals across the United States. The council advocates for safe communities and home safety with a strong focus on community involvement.
