3 NJ college towns make list of top 50 safest in US

<p>Independent review site &quot;Safewise&quot; has put together a list of the top 50 safest college towns in the U.S., and several in New Jersey made the list.</p>

News 12 Staff

Aug 20, 2018, 11:05 AM

Updated 2,287 days ago

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Independent review site "Safewise" has put together a list of the top 50 safest college towns in the U.S., and several in New Jersey made the list.
According to the site, Princeton came in at #6, followed by Kean University in Union at #24, and Montclair at #32.
The number one safest college town on the list is Brookline, Massachusetts, followed by Deerfield, Illinois and Rexburg, Idaho.
Nineteen of the cities on the list reported 25 or fewer violent crimes, and 88-percent of the reported fewer than 100 total violent crimes.
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