Santa Clarita Valley residents can sleep easier at night knowing that their community ranks 49 out of 101 cities in America’s Safest Cities report provided by safehome.org this month.

Out of a population over 200,000 Santa Clarita placed in the top 25th percentile as one of the Safest Cities in the US.

In that same report, Santa Clarita also placed in the top 10 as one of the safest cities in California, ranking 9th in the state.

Santa Clarita has a score of  87.45,  compiled data from over 13,000 law enforcement agencies crime is collected by the FBI and analyzed.

By comparing the statistics, safehome.org concluded, Santa Clarita’s violent crimes were at about up 12 percent and property crimes at 17 percent for every 100,000 residents, according to safehome.org.

Crimes are reported both as raw numbers and as occurrences per 100,000 residents to allow a fair comparison between different city sizes.

“We look at several different factors when assigning a Safety Score to a city. First and foremost is the FBI’s latest report of how many and what types of crimes occurred in each city over a single year,” according to their website.

“The city’s crime trends are also considered; in other words, cities where crime is on the decline are given a higher Safety Score and vice-versa.”

“Finally, demographic metrics that are correlated to crime have a small impact on Safety Score. These include metrics such as population density, population trends, unemployment rate, median income, education level, etc.”

See the full list of California cities on the Safe Home website.

About the FBI DATA:

The FBI’s UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting) program has existed since the 1920s, and is the most comprehensive source of crime statistics.

Every year, data on crime occurrences is collected from the nation’s law enforcement agencies.

Crime is reported in two categories, violent crime and property crime.

Violent crime includes murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property crime includes burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. (Arson data is limited, therefore is not included in our Safety Score).

KHTS would like to remind the community to stay vigilant out in the public and to reporting any suspicious activity to the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station by calling (661) 255-1121.

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