{"id":119534,"date":"2017-04-12T08:05:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T13:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=119534"},"modified":"2017-04-13T07:23:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T12:23:02","slug":"jmst-vc-among-safest-in-nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=119534","title":{"rendered":"Jamestown &#038; Valley City among safest in ND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jamestowndowntown2-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jamestowndowntown2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jamestowndowntown2-250x175.jpg 250w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jamestowndowntown2.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The National Council for Home Safety and Security has announced its annual Safest Cities in North Dakota Report for 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The top five safest cities in North Dakota is led by the state capital of Bismarck. That\u2019s followed by West Fargo, Wahpeton, Valley City and Jamestown rounding out the list.<\/p>\n<p>The council combines data from the most recent FBI Crime Reports, population data, and their own research to create the rankings. The report was released Tuesday, April 11th.<\/p>\n<p>The web site said:\u201cThe ninth-largest city in North Dakota, Jamestown\u00a0is also home to the aptly named University of Jamestown. It squeaks into the top five safest cities ranking, experiencing just 3.30 violent crimes and 25.05 property crimes per 1,000 people last year. That\u2019s almost as safe as having UFC legend and Jamestown native Ronda Rousey watch your back. Jamestown is also home to the world\u2019s largest buffalo statue, which is composed of mostly stucco and cement, and weighs 54 tons. This tourist attraction is also the source of the city\u2019s nickname: The Buffalo City.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The National Council for Home Safety and Security has announced its annual Safest Cities in North Dakota Report for 2017. The top five safest cities in North Dakota is led by the state capital of Bismarck. That\u2019s followed by West Fargo, Wahpeton, Valley City and Jamestown rounding out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119591,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119534\/revisions\/119591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}