Cary ranked third-safest city in U.S.

Cary, N.C. — Cary moved up in the latest rankings of safe U.S. cities and is now considered the third-safest among municipalities with populations of 100,000 to 499,999.

Amherst, N.Y., and Irvine, Calif., were named the two safest cities in the category, according to CQ Press, publisher of the annual “City Crime Rankings 2008-2009: Crime in Metropolitan America.”

Cary was No. 4 on the safe cities list last year.

“Even though Cary continues to be the safest large community in North Carolina and one of the safest places in the nation, we never lose sight of the fact that each crime we do have forever impacts one of our family, friends, or neighbors,” Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore said in a statement. “Keeping Cary safe is inextricably tied to keeping Cary one of the best places to live, work and raise a family, which is why we are constantly looking for opportunities to prevent crime from occurring.”

Gang prevention, cracking down on cyber crime and preventing crime in rental properties are among the areas on which Bazemore said Cary police are focused.

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Maybe someone can explain that to Brad Cooper's dead wife's family!

bs101fly
November 25, 2008 9:42 a.m.

Thanks to Cary Buckeye fan and Lizard's post. Cary Hate People - don't read the stories if you can't deal with it. Grow up and please don't "hate Cary" and then shop or visit or drive over here, stay where ever you are and be happy"

ladybug467
November 25, 2008 7:35 a.m.

Strickdaddy - you're wrong. There is no fine for reporting stats to the FBI. It's voluntary for the most part.

You're also wrong about master casing. It's one event with 100 offenses. The number of offenses gets reported. Cities all over the US do it that way as instructed by the UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting) manual. Also there comes a time based on the evidence like weather or distance that we can tell the crimes are not related even though the same law is being broken. Doesn't matter though because the number of offenses is reported.

lizard
November 24, 2008 6:17 p.m.

Strickdaddy

"99 out of 100 go unreported" Insurance claims require police reports be written, which equals statistics reported, which means you don't leave in Cary. I do live in Cary and the officers are thurough....thanks Cary PD for all you have done and will do!

I agree
November 24, 2008 5:51 p.m.

I'm glad to see that Cary continues to be a low-crime place, that's one of the reasons I live there.