Crime & Safety
West Bloomfield Among Real Estate Blog's Top 10 Safest Places
The Movoto real estate blog ranks communities for safety based on 2012 crime reports.
If you feel safe living in West Bloomfield Township, a national real estate blog agrees with you.
Movoto recently listed the township among the top 10 safest places to live in Michigan. Author Natalie Grigson noted that while 726 crimes were reported to West Bloomfield Township Police in 2012, they were spread across the township's population of more than 65,000 residents.
"... residents here only have a one in 90 chance of being the victim of a crime, and with 95 percent of those non-violent crimes, chances are you won’t get hurt," she wrote.
Read the full Movoto post to see which metro Detroit community tied West Bloomfield for the 8th spot on the list, and tell us what you think about the ranking with a comment. Do you feel safe in West Bloomfield?
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