{"id":280686,"date":"2026-06-28T21:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280686\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T21:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:39:09","slug":"9-hudson-valley-towns-among-safest-in-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280686\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Hudson Valley Towns Among Safest in New York State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new ranking of the safest\u00a0places in New York is dominated by the Hudson Valley, with\u00a0nine towns making the top ten.<\/p>\n<p>A report from SafeWise found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safewise.com\/research\/safest-cities\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nine of the ten safest communities<\/a> in New York State are located in the Hudson Valley, with towns stretching from Dutchess and Ulster counties all the way down to Westchester and Rockland. The rankings were based on FBI crime statistics, comparing rates of both violent and property crimes across New York communities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/attachment-screenshot-2026-06-22-060756.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps\" loading=\"lazy\" onload=\"this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');\" onerror=\"this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');\" fetchpriority=\"low\" width=\"595\" height=\"385\"\/>Google MapsGoogle MapsDutchess and Ulster Towns Rank Among New York&#8217;s Safest<\/p>\n<p>Several local communities landed near the very top of the statewide rankings.<\/p>\n<p>East Fishkill was ranked the fourth safest town in New York, while neighboring Hyde Park came in fifth. Saugerties also earned a spot in the top ten, ranking sixth overall.<\/p>\n<p>The report highlighted some encouraging trends in those communities. Hyde Park was one of only four places in New York where property crime has declined for two straight years. Saugerties saw both violent crime and property crime decrease over that same period.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/attachment-screenshot-2026-06-22-060818.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps\" loading=\"lazy\" onload=\"this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');\" onerror=\"this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');\" fetchpriority=\"low\" width=\"618\" height=\"389\"\/>Google MapsGoogle MapsLower Hudson Valley\u00a0Tops The Rankings<\/p>\n<p>The strongest showing came from the Lower Hudson Valley, where several Westchester and Rockland County communities filled out the list.<\/p>\n<p>Rye was named the safest town in New York State, followed by Bedford and Scarsdale. Yorktown and Lewisboro also ranked among the state&#8217;s safest communities, while Orangetown represented Rockland County in the top ten.<\/p>\n<p>The only town to break up the Hudson Valley&#8217;s dominance was Ogden, a community outside Rochester that landed seventh on the list.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/attachment-screenshot-2026-06-22-060527.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps\" loading=\"lazy\" onload=\"this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');\" onerror=\"this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');\" fetchpriority=\"low\" width=\"882\" height=\"622\"\/>Google MapsGoogle MapsCrime Rates Continue To Fall In\u00a0Hudson Valley<\/p>\n<p>According to SafeWise, none of the communities that made New York&#8217;s safest cities ranking reported a murder during the reporting period. The report also found that six out of every ten towns on the list reported zero robberies. Hyde Park, Bedford, Scarsdale and Orangetown all reported zero rapes during the period analyzed by SafeWise.<\/p>\n<p>While Hudson Valley residents already know that this is one of the best places to live,\u00a0the latest rankings\u00a0remind us\u00a0that\u00a0it&#8217;s also one of the safest.<\/p>\n<p>6 of the New York Cities Ranked Dirtiest in America <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Brian Cody TSM Albany <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new ranking of the safest\u00a0places in New York is dominated by the Hudson Valley, with\u00a0nine towns making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[107684,15273,9,11,10,49,51,50,48275],"class_list":["post-280686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-east-fishkill","tag-hyde-park","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-saugerties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}