Parsippany One Of NJ's Safest Cities In New Ranking

PARSIPPANY, NJ - AdvisorSmith used reported crime data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Dataset to find the safest cities in New Jersey and Parsippany made the top ten for large cities in the Garden State.

The average crime score among the 37 large cities in New Jersey was 41, with the lowest score being 10, and the highest being 165. Large cities in New Jersey were those with over 50,000 residents, the report said.

The safest large city in New Jersey was Middletown. Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Raritan Bay, Middletown became a fast-growing suburb around the 1900s. Today, the city maintains a low-density, suburban character, with high household incomes and high-quality schools.

The large city with the highest levels of reported crime in the state was Camden. This city lies just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia in the southwest portion of the state. Camden’s economy is anchored by educational institutions and medical services. The city was formerly an industrial manufacturing powerhouse that later went into decline.

Parsippany's stats:

• Violent Crimes per 1,000 Residents: 2.2
• Property Crimes per 1,000 Residents: 6.3
• Crime Score: 11.5

A total of 484 cities in the state of New Jersey were included in our analysis, and these cities included 37 large cities, 200 midsize cities, and 247 small cities. Cities were categorized based upon population, with large cities having over 50,000 population, midsize cities having between 10,000 and 50,000 population, and small cities having under 10,000 population.

You can read their complete methodology on their website.

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