Two southern California towns made the top 10 list of safest communities in the country, according to a new study. Yucaipa and Chino Hills were ranked 9 and 10, respectively, by Vivint, a home security resource hub that ranked towns with populations of 50, to , residents to determine which small towns had the lowest and h ighest rates of property crime.
Using FBI property crime data for , study authors found that some communities excelled in maintaining low crime rates while others faced challenges with larceny, motor vehicle theft, and robbery.
Yucaipa and Chino Hills ranked the safest California cities in the study. Yucaipa, located in San Bernadino County, has a modest population of about 54, according to the latest Census estimates and is considered a suburb of San Bernadino.
Yucaipa had When looking at specific categories of property crime, Yucaipa had Another San Bernadino County community, Chino Hills, has a population of about 78, and 3, acres of publicly owned open space, 44 parks, and 48 miles of trails, according to the city website.
The 10th-ranked safest small city in the country had Breaking down the data, Chino Hills had East Bay cities San Leandro and Alameda emerged as the "least safe" for property and belongings in the Vivint study, at the bottom of the list. Ranked out of San Leandro had Alameda also came at the bottom of the list for larceny, ranking , and motor vehicle theft, ranking Alameda, known as The Island City , had Meanwhile, San Leandro, also in Alameda County, ranked for both motor vehicle theft, with Huntington Park, which was named after the owner of a railway as a way to entice him to extend a line into the city, according to local history , came at the very bottom of the list for robbery, ranking , and had Compton, known as The Hub City due to its central location in the City of Angels, came in at with A treasure trove of art, architecture, and small-town charm, according to the city website , Columbus, Indiana, has another thing going for itβit is ranked the safest small town in the country, boasting the lowest rates of property crime overall.
