Darien Ranked Third-Safest Community In Connecticut

DARIEN, Conn. -- Darien recently was named the third-safest community in Connecticut by Value Penguin, a personal finance research and analysis site.

Darien was ranked the third-safest community in Connecticut according to a recent survey.
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Joe Jenkins

11/17/2014 5:00 a.m.

Value Penguin sourced all of its data from FBI violent and property crime statistics from 2012. Violent crimes were given a heavier weight (90 percent) versus property crimes (10 percent) to arrive at an overall "crime score." The lower the crime score, the safer the municipality.

Darien placed third overall with a "crime score" of 56, behind only Ridgefield and Easton.

The safest communities all were in Fairfield County with Ridgefield, Easton, Wilton and Redding rounding out the top five.

The rest of Fairfield County communities were ranked as follows:

No. 6: Weston
No. 8: New Canaan
No. 9: Greenwich
No. 24: Westport
No. 48: Fairfield
No. 54: Danbury
No. 71: Stamford
No. 77: Norwalk
No 87: Bridgeport

The least safest communities were New Haven and Hartford with crime scores of 1,798 and 1,622, respectively.

Value Penguin is a financial research and analysis site that aims to help consumers formulate the best possible financial decision based on cost and risk. It was founded by Jonathan Wu, Ting Pen and Brian Quinn, all of whom have backgrounds in the financial industry.

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