Gilbert is the second-safest city in America among the 100 largest in the nation, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program’s 2019 report released this week – these rankings are based on the total crimes per 1,000 residents. The study shows that total crime in Gilbert decreased from 2018 to 2019, as did crimes per 1,000 residents and was the only Arizona city to rank inside the Top 15 of the nation’s 100 largest cities The FBI’s crime statistics are based on data received from 15,956 of 19,738 law enforcement agencies in the country.
