Safest towns in MA (Boston, Worcester: crime rates, live, suburbs)

[Parsec]

The latest list compiled from FBI crime data is out:
https://bostonagentmagazine.com/2016...cities-in-u-s/

6 Boston suburbs cracked the top 20 nationwide!

The full list of the top 100 from the original source is here:
http://www.safewise.com/safest-cities-america

[bostonguy1960]

Gee, had no idea about Clinton's being so safe. I know nothing about it and thought it may be undesirable in some way. Silly me.

Surprised Shrewsbury, so close to Worcester, is on the list, though I know it's a fine community.

Hmmm...no Wellesley, Needham, Dover, Lincoln, Cohasset, Scituate, Concord, Lexington, Belmont or Winchester. No Westwood? (my brother lives there and it's supposed to be desirable). No Rockport, Marblehead or Ipswich? Yes, I realize they can't just list MA towns.

Oh...and no Newton? Going back 15 years or so, haven't they often been first or second along with the Buffalo suburb of Amherst?

[Mr. Joshua]

Originally Posted by Parsec

The latest list compiled from FBI crime data is out:
https://bostonagentmagazine.com/2016...cities-in-u-s/

6 Boston suburbs cracked the top 20 nationwide!

The full list of the top 100 from the original source is here:
The 100 Safest Cities in America in 2016 - SafeWise

And 7 in the top 25.

You should have posted in General forum. Toot the horn.

[rethcir]

Maybe Newton is getting dinged for all the vehicular assaults happening lately.

[Bruins_Fan]

Pretty boring list if you don't like the northeast.

[Parsec]

Originally Posted by bostonguy1960

Gee, had no idea about Clinton's being so safe. I know nothing about it and thought it may be undesirable in some way. Silly me.

Surprised Shrewsbury, so close to Worcester, is on the list, though I know it's a fine community.

Hmmm...no Wellesley, Needham, Dover, Lincoln, Cohasset, Scituate, Concord, Lexington, Belmont or Winchester. No Westwood? (my brother lives there and it's supposed to be desirable). No Rockport, Marblehead or Ipswich? Yes, I realize they can't just list MA towns.

Oh...and no Newton? Going back 15 years or so, haven't they often been first or second along with the Buffalo suburb of Amherst?

Some of the towns you listed probably have more property crime due to having a real downtown area which draws out of town visitors (e.g. Wellesley, Lexington) and some of the shore towns have more crime due to all the visitors they have passing through. Newton is pretty safe for a city with such a large population, but it has more petty crime than your typical small New England town. I think most of the towns on this list are quiet, out of the way places that no one would go to unless they live there or were visiting family.

Originally Posted by Bruins_Fan

Pretty boring list if you don't like the northeast.

You're right, the boring towns have the least crime LOL.

[tysmith95]

Originally Posted by bostonguy1960

Gee, had no idea about Clinton's being so safe. I know nothing about it and thought it may be undesirable in some way. Silly me.

Yah Clinton surprises me, it seems very working class town to me. It seems like for most other towns wealth is correlated to crime rates, Clinton must be the exception.

[ECPCVC]

Originally Posted by bostonguy1960

Gee, had no idea about Clinton's being so safe. I know nothing about it and thought it may be undesirable in some way. Silly me.

Surprised Shrewsbury, so close to Worcester, is on the list, though I know it's a fine community.

Hmmm...no Wellesley, Needham, Dover, Lincoln, Cohasset, Scituate, Concord, Lexington, Belmont or Winchester. No Westwood? (my brother lives there and it's supposed to be desirable). No Rockport, Marblehead or Ipswich? Yes, I realize they can't just list MA towns.

Oh...and no Newton? Going back 15 years or so, haven't they often been first or second along with the Buffalo suburb of Amherst?

Newton is one of the safest cities in America. They judge it in a different category, because of population I believe.

[civis]

Originally Posted by Parsec

The latest list compiled from FBI crime data is out:
https://bostonagentmagazine.com/2016...cities-in-u-s/

6 Boston suburbs cracked the top 20 nationwide!

The full list of the top 100 from the original source is here:
The 100 Safest Cities in America in 2016 - SafeWise

Those towns are literally in the middle of nowhere, so criminals are too lazy to get there.

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by civis

Those towns are literally in the middle of nowhere, so criminals are too lazy to get there.

Especially Weston, being right at the junction of the Mass Pike and 128. Must be why the criminals come to rural Maine instead.