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San Jose named safest big city 4th year in row

San Jose Mercury News

Tuesday 23 November 2004, 10:24 am
Keywords: News Articles

By Crystal Carreon

For the fourth year in a row, the capital of Silicon Valley is also the capital of safest cities with populations of more than 500,000.

The determination is based on 2003 FBI crime statistics for murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault and motor vehicle theft.

Compared with other urban cities, San Jose's homicide rate remains particularly low at about 2.8 percent per 100,000 people.