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Gilbert ranks as country's second-safest large city

Gilbert is America’s second safest municipality among the country’s 100 most populous cities, according to rankings from the FBI’s National-Incident Based Reporting System for 2022. 

Gilbert had 11.3343 crimes per 1,000 people, with a population of 277,123, trailing only Port St. Lucie, Florida, nationally. It was the only Valley city in the top 10.  

However, all of the Valley’s cities among the 100 with the highest populations were in the top half. That included:  

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