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Ocean Pines named ‘Safest City’
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
(June 10, 2021) The Ocean Pines Association General Manager’s Office announced that Ocean Pines, while technically a homeowner's association, was recently named as the “safest city” in Maryland by website Safewise.
Safewise uses FBI crime statistics and U.S. Census data to determine its rankings.
According to the site, the violent crime rate in Ocean Pines has dropped in each of the last three years, from 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2019, to 1.1 per 1,000 in 2020, and 0.7 per 1,000 in 2021.
Ocean Pines moved up one spot in the Safewise ranking from last year, when Taneytown was named the safest community in Maryland.
The only other local city on the top-ten list was Berlin, at number six. Other Eastern Shore communities ranked included Easton (#17), Fruitland (#26), Salisbury (#34) and Ocean City (#38).
“I am glad to have Ocean Pines back in the number-one slot,” Police Chief Leo Ehrisman said. “We would like to thank the homeowners for being so involved in reporting suspicious activity early and assisting with activity information recorded on their home surveillance systems. The community can only remain at this level of safety with the help of the public.
“We thank the public for the involvement and the support they bring to the police, which again keeps the officers connected to the public, and the public connected to the Police,” he added.
General Manager John Viola credited the challenging and tireless work by Ehrisman and his entire department.
“Our Police Department continues to make our community one of the safest in the region, and their new state-of-the-art facility, opened last year, should serve Ocean Pines for many years to come,” he said.
To view the full report, visit
https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-cities-maryland
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