6 February, 2016
An organization called Safewise, who works to increase home and community safety released the "Top 20 Safest Cities in Massachusetts for 2016" list and Hopkinton is ranked towards the top of the list.
The organization ranked Hopkinton 4th on the list behind Wayland, Norfolk and Boxford. On last years list Hopkinton was ranked 16th but moved all the way up to the 4th spot this year. "We narrowed it down based on the number of reported violent crimes (aggravated assault, murder, rape, and robbery) and property crimes (burglary, arson, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) in each city. To further level the playing field, we calculated the likelihood of these crimes occurring out of 1,000 people in each city." Hopkinton was ranked as having only 0.06 violent crimes per 1,000 residents and 2.65 property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Check out the full list here: http://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-cities-massachusetts-2016/
