Movoto Real Estate recently ranked the top ten safest cities in Virginia. Who do you think made the cut? Our very own Williamsburg, Virginia came in at number nine, and drum roll please, Poquoson was ranked number one! 
Here are the top ten safest places in Virginia:
1. City of Poquoson
2. Town of Vienna
3. Town of Blacksburg
4. City of Falls Church
5. Town of Herndon
5. Fairfax City
7. City of Manassas Park
8. City of Salem
9. City of Williamsburg
10.City of Alexandria
In order to come up with this list of the safest places in Virginia, Movoto looked at the FBI’s crime statistics from 2012, the most recent data. They used the locations in the state with populations over 10,000 people, which left a total of just 37 places. From there, they looked at each of these places in terms of these three criteria:
- violent crime (rape, murder, and assault)
- property crime (theft, burglary, and motor vehicle thefts)
- the chance a resident will be a victim of crime
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