McKinney Ranks as 4th Safest City in Texas

The city jumped from No. 5 to No. 4 in the state and from No. 82 to No. 64 in the country in the just-released rankings of the safest American cities compiled by Morgan Quitno Press. The announcement was made in the new edition of City Crime Rankings, an annual reference book of crime statistics and rankings slated for publication next week. "McKinney is fairly unique in that we continue to grow at a rapid rate while lowering our crime rate at the same time. That speaks to the character of both our residents as well as the fine work being done by the men and women at the McKinney Police Department," said City Manager Larry Robinson.The Morgan Quitno Safest City Award is based on a city’s rate for six basic crime categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. All cities of 75,000+ populations that reported crime data to the FBI for the six crime categories were included in the rankings. Final 2005 statistics, released by the FBI on September 18, 2006, were used to determine the rankings.The findings of the 13th annual Safest City and Metropolitan Area Awards are featured in City Crime Rankings 13th Edition, an annual reference book from Morgan Quitno Press. The newly updated edition of this volume will be available Nov. 9. The Safest City and Metropolitan Area rankings are one of six Morgan Quitno Awards announced annually by the company. These other annual announcements designate the nation’s Most Livable State (a state quality of life survey); the Healthiest State (a survey of state health care); the Safest and Most Dangerous States (a state crime survey); the Smartest State (a state education survey) and the Most Improved State (a survey of state trends.)