Ranked #1
TOWN OF HIGHLANDS – The National Council of Home Safety and Security has rated the Town of Highlands (in Orange County) as the safest municipality in the state. The status was based on the organization’s review of the most recent FBI Uniform Crime report statistics.
Highlands Police Chief John Quinn said the town has taken a pro-active stance on crime reduction.
“Five months ago we authorized a special investigations unit comprised of Town and Village of Highland Falls police officers to investigate narcotics complaints and we have been successful in affecting several arrests and I think this is letting the bad element know if they are going to set up business in the Town of Highlands, we are going to be looking at them,” Quinn said.
The other Hudson Valley communities making the top-50 list of safe communities include:
2 – Rye
3 – Town of New Castle
6 – Town of Kent
7 – Village of Irvington
9 – Town of Harrison
10- Town of Chester
11 – Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson
13 – Town of Cornwall
14 – Town of Bedford
15 – Town of Carmel
16 – Town of Pound Ridge
17 – Village of Sleepy Hollow
18 – Town of Cairo
20- Town of North Castle
21 – Town of Rosendale
22 – Town of Stony Point
23 – Town of Hyde Park
25 – Village of Rye Brook
26 – Town of Mount Hope
27 – Village of Tarrytown
28 – Town of East Fishkill
29- Town of Shawangunk
30 – Town of Blooming Grove
31 – Village of Tuckahoe
34 – Village of Washingtonville
35 – Village of Mamaroneck
36 – Town of Fishkill
37 – Village of Suffern
38 – Town of Plattekill
39 – Village of Hastings-on-Hudson
40 – Village of Scarsdale
41 – Town of Montgomery
44 – Town of Mount Pleasant
46 – Town of Yorktown
48 – Town of Ramapo
