Carmel Named 1 Of The Safest Small Communities In America

PUTNAM COUNTY, NY — Carmel was named one of the safest small communities in America by personal finance website MoneyGeek.

According to MoneyGeek, researchers started by using data from the National Institutes of Health to quantify the costs of crimes by type. They then applied that analysis to 989 small communities across the country — those with 30,000 to 100,000 residents — to find which were the safest. Carmel, with a population of 34,251, ranked No. 3 across the nation.

According to MoneyGeek, the cost of crime in Carmel is $40 per capita. The median cost of crime per capita for small cities is $500.

The safest small town in America according to MoneyGeek's study is Franklin, Massachusetts, which has a per capita crime cost of just $12. Along with Carmel, Yorktown, with a cost of $54, and a national ranking of 5, was also high on the list.

You can see MoneyGeek's full list of towns by clicking here.