Healthcare & Safety in Chatham
Chatham has no hospital inside its own town limits, relying on Cape Cod Hospital roughly 19 miles away -- a real access consideration given the town's extreme senior population share -- while its crime rate runs genuinely, substantially below the national average.
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Learn moreNo hospital inside Chatham -- Cape Cod Hospital is the primary option
Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, the flagship facility of the Cape Cod Healthcare system covering all 15 Cape Cod towns, is approximately 19 miles and a 25-to-29-minute drive from Chatham via Route 28. This is a real, disclosed access consideration, particularly relevant given Chatham's own genuinely extreme senior population share (~47.8%-53.5% age 65+).
A genuinely, substantially below-average crime rate
Chatham's overall crime index (~27.49) ran below a cited national average (~33.37), with a violent crime rate approximately 66% below the national average and property crime approximately 54% below -- Chatham is genuinely, substantially safer than average on every measure reviewed this pass.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Per this dataset's site policy, no specific area within Chatham is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with local law enforcement before relocating.
Key takeaways
- No hospital sits inside Chatham; Cape Cod Hospital (Hyannis) is approximately 19 miles / 25-29 minutes away.
- This distance is a real, disclosed consideration given Chatham's genuinely extreme senior population share.
- Violent crime runs approximately 66% below the national average; property crime runs approximately 54% below.
- No specific area is named as unsafe here, per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
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