Briarcliff Named One Of New York's Safest Communities

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Several Westchester County towns, including Briarcliff, Lewisboro, Irvington and Pleasantville, were ranked among the safest areas in New York to live in according movoto.com.

The Village of Briarcliff Manor was rated the second safest community in New York to live in.
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by The Daily Voice

01/10/2014 12:45 p.m.

Movoto.com ranked towns with a population of 5,000 or more in three categories: violent crime, property crime and chance that a resident will be the victim of a crime.

Briarcliff Manor was the highest ranking Westchester community at No. 2, followed by Lewisboro and Irvington at numbers 3 and 4, respectively.

Pleasantville rounded out the Westchester towns in the ranking at No. 6.

The top ranked town was Elmira, which is located south of the Finger Lakes near the Pennsylvania border.

Click here to see the complete rankings.

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