Sammamish has been rated the ninth safest city in the United States to raise a family. The city got high marks not only for its greenery and gorgeous views but also an extremely low crime rate, high graduation rates, stable housing market and high income per capita make it the ideal place for a family to settle down.

The raking, on the web site American Live Wire, looked at the violent crime rate, the number of sex offenders per capita, and the peace index from the Institute of Economics & Peace, as well as utilizing data from Parenting.

According to the data:

• The Sammamish crime index is 79 percent lower than the Washington average and and the Washington crime index is 21 percent higher than the National average.
• The Sammamish violent crime rate is 88 percent lower than the Washington average and and the Washington violent crime rate is 23 percent lower than the National average.
• The Sammamish property crime rate is 79 percent lower than the Washington average and and the Washington property crime rate is 27 percent higher than the National average.
• Sammamish is safer than 76.6 percent of the cities in the nation.
• The crime rate in Sammamish is less than 72 percent of the cities in Washington.
• The chance of being a victim of a crime in Sammamish is 1 in 125.
• The chance of being a victim of a violent crime in Sammamish is 1 in 2,907.
• The chance of being a victim of a property crime in Sammamish is 1 in 131.

Sammamish was incorporated in 1999. The population was 45,780 at the 2010 census. CNN Money magazine, in its 2011 review of the best places to live in the United States, ranked Sammamish 15th. Forbes, in its 2012 list of the Friendliest Towns in the United States, ranked Sammamish 1st per Wikipedia.

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