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Madison Named Among Safest Towns In New Jersey
Data shows low numbers on violent crime, property crime in the Rose City.
MADISON, N.J. – The Rose City is smelling pretty nice these days.
A new study released this week says Madison is among the 50 safest towns in New Jersey, coming in right on the fence at number 50.
Creditdonkey.com analyzed the Uniform Crime Report data for 2014 (the last full year statistics were available) for the safest towns in the Garden State and put Madison at number 50.
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The study broke the scoring down into four categories:
- Violent crime per 1,000 residents
- Robbery per 1,000 residents
- Property crime per 1,000 residents
- Burglary per 1,000 residents
The website then formulated a scoring method combining the categories. The lower the score, the higher the ranking. Madison had a score of 2.366.
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The website also explained that not all towns submit crime data to the FBI, which is self-reported by each municipality. Morris County scored well in the top-50, with eight towns ranked. Chatham Township joined Washington Township in the top-10.
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