Maricopa has again made the Top 5 list of Arizona’s safest cities, according to the National Council for Home Safety and Security.

The city’s violent crime rate is measured at 1.72 per 1,000 people while the property crime rate is 12.45 per 1,000. That places Maricopa fifth on the list. The state’s average is 6.0 and 40.0, respectively.

For the nation, the violent crime rate is 3.0 and property crime rate is 28.0.

Florence, the Pinal County seat with its high law-enforcement presence, was ranked the safest city in Arizona. It is followed by Sahuarita, Gilbert and Oro Valley. Alarms.org uses the FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics to compile its data.

Alarms.org/The-Safest-Cities-In-Arizona-2017/

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