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These Westchester Locales Rank Among Safest In New York

These Westchester Locales Rank Among Safest In New York

These Westchester Locales Rank Among Safest In New York A new report from Backgroundchecks.org named 14 Westchester County municipalities among the "safest cities" in New York. Background Checks analyzed the most recent FBI crime report and put together this resource, which shows that New York has an overall crime rate at less than half that of the country's. Overall, New York's violent crime rate is 24th lowest in the country, but the state is just 5th in property crime, according to Background Checks. Among New York's top five safest cities is Mamaroneck, which averaged one violent crime per 1,000 residents, said the report. These muni…

by Donna Christopher

09/02/2019