Mid-Hudson Valley Town Named Among Safest in America A Hudson Valley town was just ranked as one of the safest in the entire country. When you think of safe towns in the Hudson Valley your mind probably immediately goes to Rhinebeck, Millbrook, Woodstock, Warwick or one of the many quiet little villages scattered throughout the Mid Hudson Region. But according to a list of the safest places to live in 2021 just released by Safewise, those bucolic local towns pale in comparison to one popular local tourist destination that has claimed the 26th spot. The list highlights towns and cities across America with the lowest crime rates. Towns that made the top 100 have a collective violent crime rate that is 92% lower than the national average and property crime 79% below the rest of the country.