The 100 Least Burgled Cities in America

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When it comes to protecting your home and your loved ones, the best thing you can do is stay proactive. It is much better to take action before a life-changing event occurs than after the fact. At Alarm Grid, we want everyone to stay protected, even those living in the safest locations.

The FBI defines a burglary as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit felony or theft. The use of force to gain entry is not required to commit a burglary. A UNC Charlotte study found that homes without security systems are 300% more likely to be burglarized. Furthermore, 83% of convicted burglars say that they check to see if a home has a security system, and 60% of convicted burglars say that they would change their minds about committing a burglary if they discover that a home has a security system installed.

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Maintaining a monitored security system is important even if you live in an area with few burglaries. Homes with security systems are less likely to be burgled, regardless of location. Additionally, you can use alarm systems to monitor for events other than burglaries, including fires, carbon monoxide outbreaks, broken HVAC systems, and flooding. A security system is truly the best way to protect your home, your possessions, and most of all, your family.

To find out the area where burglaries are least common, we constructed a list of burglaries per capita. Our methodology was simple. We used FBI crime data from 2018 and took the number of burglaries in a city and divided it by the city's population. We then multiplied that by 10,000 to get burglaries per 10,000 residents. Only cities with a population of 10,000 or higher were included in our list.

Before we present the list, we want to mention some interesting facts. The nine (9) least burglarized cities actually had 0 burglaries across 2018. As a result, they were all tied for first place.

Without further ado, let's check out the list for the Top 100 US Cities for Least Burglaries Per Capita:


City
 Population
 Burglaries
 Burglaries Per 10,000
 Rank
Northern Regional, PA 35,447 0 0 T-1
Northwest Lancaster County Regional, PA 20,029 0 0 T-1
Hopkinton, MA 18,516 0 0 T-1
Wayland, MA 14,088 0 0 T-1
Lewisboro Town, NY 12,823 0 0 T-1
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 12,163 0 0 T-1
Woodbury Town, NY 11,114 0 0 T-1
Weston, CT 10,351 0 0 T-1
Sleepy Hollow Village, NY 10,267 0 0 T-1
Penn Township, Westmoreland County, PA 19,297 1 0.518 10
Broadview Heights, OH 19,236 1 0.520 11
Bedford Town, NY 18,034 1 0.555 12
Central Bucks Regional, PA 15,584 1 0.642 13
Clinton, MA 14,009 1 0.714 14
Frederick, CO 13,390 1 0.747 15
Wanaque, NY 11,960 1 0.836 16
Glen Rock, NJ 11,937 1 0.838 17
Upper Uwchlan Township, PA 11,506 1 0.869 18
Cedarburg,WI 11,469 1 0.872 19
Bedford, NH 22,640 2 0.883 20
Big Lake, MN 11,036 1 0.906 21
McCandless, PA 28,475 3 1.054 22
Silver Spring Township, PA 18,078 2 1.106 23
Ridgefield, CT 25,260 3 1.188 24
Franklin, MA 33,156 4 1.206 25
Fox Valley Metro, WI 22,006 3 1.363 26
Saddle Brook Township, NJ 14,037 2 1.425 27
Fulshear, TX 13,790 2 1.450 28
Long Beach, NY 33,801 5 1.479 29
Sudbury, MA 19,037 3 1.576 30
Cecil Township, PA 12,633 2 1.583 31
Mayfield Heights, OH 18,648 3 1.609 32
Towamencin Township, PA 18,443 3 1.627 33
Norfolk, MA 11,872 2 1.685 34
Grafton, WI 11,662 2 1.715 35
Campton Hills, IL 11,305 2 1.769 36
New Milford, CT 26,956 5 1.855 37
Farmington, MI 10,605 2 1.886 38
Brunswick Hills Township, OH 10,418 2 1.920 39
Chatham Township, NJ 10,288 2 1.944 40
Southborough, MA 10,187 2 1.963 41
River Vale Township, NJ 10,157 2 1.969 42
Grosse Ile Township, MI 10,128 2 1.975 43
Purcellville, VA 10,090 2 1.982 44
West Mifflin, PA 19,773 4 2.023 45
Upper St. Clair Township, PA 19,758 4 2.024 46
Hopatcong, NJ 14,183 3 2.115 47
Adams Township, Butler County, PA 14,105 3 2.127 48
Needham, MA 31,264 7 2.239 49
Franconia Township, PA 13,343 3 2.248 50
Woolwich Township, NJ 12,636 3 2.374 51
New Baltimore, MI 12,423 3 2.415 52
Rexburg, ID 28,765 7 2.434 53
Edgewater, NJ 12,318 3 2.435 54
Upper Gwynedd Township, PA 15,958 4 2.507 55
Montville Township, OH 11,831 3 2.536 56
Glen Cove, NY 27,574 7 2.539 57
East Windsor Township, NJ 27,401 7 2.554 58
Zionsville, IN 27,185 7 2.575 59
Mahwah Township, NJ 26,501 7 2.641 60
Shrewsbury, MA 37,631 10 2.657 61
Bartlett, IL 41,140 11 2.674 62
Madison, MI 25,832 7 2.710 63
North Strabane Township, PA 14,703 4 2.721 64
Willistown Township, PA 10,983 3 2.731 65
Warwick Township, Bucks County, PA 14,618 4 2.736 66
Westtown-East Goshen Regional, PA 32,253 9 2.790 67
Oswego, IL 35,478 10 2.819 68
Murphy, TX 21,084 6 2.846 69
Warrington Township, PA 24,582 7 2.848 70
Lloyd Town, NY 10,510 3 2.854 71
Hillsdale, NJ 10,484 3 2.862 72
Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, PA 10,478 3 2.863 73
Doylestown Township, PA 17,430 5 2.869 74
Cranford Township, NJ 24,353 7 2.874 75
Huntley, IL 27,637 8 2.895 76
Canton, MA 23,709 7 2.952 77
Olmsted Township, OH 13,425 4 2.980 78
Hudson, MA 20,060 6 2.991 79
Kent Town, NY 13,326 4 3.002 80
Norton, MA 19,983 6 3.003 81
Port Chester Village, NY 29,814 9 3.019 82
Lynnfield, MA 13,141 4 3.044 83
Oakland, NJ 13,102 4 3.053 84
Rochester, MI 13,075 4 3.059 85
Papillion, NE 19,588 6 3.063 86
Patton Township, PA 16,142 5 3.098 87
Whitpain Township, PA 19,326 6 3.105 88
Justice, IL 12,822 4 3.120 89
North Andover, MA 31,394 10 3.185 90
Stony Point Town, NY 15,667 5 3.191 91
Sparta Township, NJ 18,694 6 3.210 92
Lower Salford Township, PA 15,440 5 3.238 93
Washington Township, Morris County, NJ 18,484 6 3.246 94
Weston, MA 12,264 4 3.261 95
Hampton Township, PA 18,318 6 3.275 96
Hampden Township, PA 30,399 10 3.290 97
Williamsburg, VA 15,191 5 3.291 98
Northborough, MA 15,124 5 3.306 99
American Township, OH 12,094 4 3.307 100

Keeping your home safe is always a top priority. That is why Alarm Grid is here to help. We invite you to email us at support@alarmgrid.com if you have any questions about protecting your home. Keep in mind that our support hours run from 9am to 8pm ET M-F. We look forward to hearing from you!

Note: This post is done in conjunction with our Top 100 Most Burgled Cities in America list. You can download and use a unmodified version of our "100 most and least burgled cities in America" infographic as well.

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