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FBI Ranks Rancho Santa Margarita Among Safest Cities

For the eighth consecutive year, the City of Rancho Santa Margarita has been identified in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 2008 Uniform Crime Report as one of the safest communities in Orange County.

Numerous categories in the crime report showed a decrease in frequency, including violent crime, robbery, larceny-theft and aggravated assault. Other categories, such as burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson statistics remained among the lowest numbers for cities of similar size. Rancho Santa Margarita ranks number three overall out of the 34 cities in the County and sixth out of 227 cities in California in the population category of 20,000 to 100,000. More information is available on the FBI’s Web site at www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm and the City’s Web site at www.cityofrsm.org.

From County Supervisor Pat Bates Fifth District Report Sept. 18, 2009