Safety indexes were measured based on violent crime rate, property crime rate, and law enforcement staffing East Hampton was named the safest city in NY, with four Long Island communities registering in the top five Safety is the number one priority for East Hampton, as the Long Island community was named New York State’s safest community, according to BackgroundChecks.org on Tuesday. The annual report releases the safest cities in the U.S. and broke down the rankings based on a safety index that combines FBI crime statistics and law enforcement employee to resident ratios to create a score and measure the overall safety of a specific community.
Sixty-one New York cities received a score of 0.3 or higher, which indicates a very high safety level. Four Long Island towns were among the top-five when it came to the 2019 rankings. East Hampton notched the state’s highest score at 1.29 due to low crime rates across the board. The Long Island community has a crime rate of 0.85 per 1,000 residents and a property crime rate of 11.34 per 1,000. Coming in at second on the list is Port Washington, another Long Island community, which holds a score of 1.13. […]
