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What Houston-area community was named the safest city in Texas?

Website used most recent FBI crime stats to come up with rankings

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Memorial Villages can lay claim to being the safest community in Texas, according to one website.

In a study of the safest cities in Texas, backgroundchecks.org listed Memorial Villages as the state's safest city with a safety index of 1.13, the only community in the state to earn a ranking above 1. 

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Mansfield, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was second with a ranking of .82. 

The website used FBI crime statistics to create the rankings and said Memorial Villages has a violent crime rate of .08 per 1,000 people. 

Seabrook was ranked No. 4 with a ranking of .67, while West University Place was ranked No. 6 at .64. 

For the complete list of cities in the rankings, click here

 

 


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