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by Scott Muoio

Welcome to Brick Township, New Jersey, now the third safest city in America.

CQ Press's rankings of America's safest cities, "City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America," are in and our beloved Brick Township, NJ, last year's #1, has fallen from the penthouse. In its place, Mission Viejo, California. Brick is third while Clarkestown, New York moves into silver position.

Released yearly and published by the private CQ Press, the rankings are based on crime statistics compiled by the FBI and take into account American cities of 75,000 people and up.

Growing up in Brick, I definitely enjoy my hometown making this chart time and again. The rankings may not be perfect but for those cities who receive their props it is definitely something to take pride in.

The companion piece to the safest list, America's Most Dangerous Cities, finds Detroit, MI upending St. Louis, MO as this year's most dangerous. It certainly isn't something anyone in those cities wants to see. Like previous years, this year's list will certainly have people talking.

Without further adieu, below are this year's rankings from CQ Press as reported by CNN.com:

Scott Muoio feels plenty safe last winter at Brick Beach I.

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