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Originally Posted by New2FL
Thank you for the information. How about Port Saint Lucie? I heard it is quite a safe town. Is there any type of night life there? I want to live in a low crime, low traffic area, and Miami is too congested, but I also don't want to be bored to death living in a sleepy little town in the middle of no-where. No offense. I am only looking for information.
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No offense taken. PSL is basically a blue collar area that is growing into a WPB commuter suburb. It's fine, but really, really bland.
The other half of Broward County (west of University Drive) fit the bill if you can afford it. 20 minutes west of Fort Lauderdale and 30 minutes north of Miami is really a world away.
I recommend Weston in particular. Look up the City-Data crime rate and come out here for yourself and I think you will be impressed. This comes with a price though; very expensive, and aside from a couple of nice restaurants, there isn't much in town. In all honesty, I can't remember the last time I got stuck in traffic either. I mean, if I had to commute on 595 in the morning I might get some sluggishness, but when I had to do that I just took Griffin Rd. and it was no problem.
Crime in Weston by Year
Type 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
per 100,000 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rapes 3 5 3 3 5 4 6
per 100,000 11.4 9.9 5.8 4.8 7.9 6.2 9.0
Robberies 4 10 6 9 25 18 16
per 100,000 15.3 19.8 11.6 14.4 39.3 27.7 24.0
Assaults 45 43 41 68 92 109 74
per 100,000 171.6 85.0 79.5 108.5 144.6 167.8 110.8
Burglaries 129 88 117 75 123 141 157
per 100,000 491.9 174.0 227.0 119.6 193.3 217.0 235.1
Thefts 395 383 333 326 585 599 749
per 100,000 1506.1 757.5 646.1 520.1 919.4 922.0 1121.5
Auto thefts 75 66 63 53 65 33 61
per 100,000 286.0 130.5 122.2 84.6 102.2 50.8 91.3
Arson 1 3 4 6 6 10 11
per 100,000 3.8 5.9 7.8 9.6 9.4 15.4 16.5
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 252.8) 165.6 95.6 75.6 65.8 105.5 102.9 105.2
Here are some stats for some surrounding west Broward towns I would also consider
Crime in Davie by Year
Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 2 1 0 5 4 1 2 2
per 100,000 3.2 1.4 0.0 6.3 4.9 1.2 2.4 2.3
Rapes 14 4 5 11 13 20 19 20
per 100,000 22.2 5.4 6.4 13.9 16.0 24.3 22.5 23.4
Robberies 74 53 73 77 94 89 71 80
per 100,000 117.4 72.0 94.0 97.2 115.6 108.3 84.1 93.4
Assaults 214 230 198 224 244 260 206 193
per 100,000 339.4 312.5 254.9 282.9 300.1 316.5 244.0 225.4
Burglaries 580 562 639 702 580 701 556 450
per 100,000 920.0 763.6 822.6 886.6 713.3 853.3 658.4 525.6
Thefts 2,488 2,359 2,385 2,313 2,326 2,315 2,293 2,102
per 100,000 3946.4 3205.1 3070.2 2921.1 2860.5 2818.1 2715.4 2454.9
Auto thefts 506 432 423 367 357 310 311 313
per 100,000 802.6 586.9 544.5 463.5 439.0 377.4 368.3 365.6
Arson 16 14 11 12 28 6 14 7
per 100,000 25.4 19.0 14.2 15.2 34.4 7.3 16.6 8.2
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.4) 413.7 319.8 308.3 325.5 316.8 320.4 280.9 260.7
Notice decrease in crime rate. This isn't underreporting, the crime rate really is lowering. I think Davie is becoming the next Coral Springs.
Crime in Plantation by Year
Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 3
per 100,000 4.8 3.5 2.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.6 3.4
Rapes 16 5 11 13 7 13 15 5
per 100,000 19.4 5.8 12.9 15.0 8.1 15.0 17.2 5.7
Robberies 118 123 134 117 109 136 114 131
per 100,000 143.0 141.6 157.5 134.9 126.2 156.7 130.4 149.8
Assaults 138 114 153 127 118 117 93 123
per 100,000 167.3 131.2 179.8 146.4 136.6 134.8 106.4 140.7
Burglaries 603 522 646 648 549 621 587 622
per 100,000 731.0 600.9 759.3 747.2 635.6 715.3 671.4 711.4
Thefts 3,425 3,004 3,194 3,096 2,881 2,642 2,586 2,708
per 100,000 4152.0 3458.1 3754.0 3569.9 3335.6 3043.2 2957.9 3097.0
Auto thefts 708 550 504 431 334 287 335 345
per 100,000 858.3 633.1 592.4 497.0 386.7 330.6 383.2 394.6
Arson 14 8 5 7 9 5 5 6
per 100,000 17.0 9.2 5.9 8.1 10.4 5.8 5.7 6.9
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 325.5) 387.5 311.3 349.0 323.5 287.5 291.1 279.2 289.8
Crime in Coral Springs by Year
Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2
per 100,000 0.9 2.4 1.7 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.5
Rapes 18 22 13 25 24 22 9 2
per 100,000 15.9 17.9 10.8 20.3 18.8 16.9 6.9 1.5
Robberies 59 76 73 87 70 80 58 86
per 100,000 52.1 61.9 60.5 70.8 54.7 61.6 44.2 65.7
Assaults 226 205 157 178 194 217 157 202
per 100,000 199.6 166.9 130.2 144.8 151.6 167.1 119.6 154.2
Burglaries 641 633 648 681 560 425 424 487
per 100,000 566.2 515.3 537.3 554.0 437.6 327.4 323.0 371.8
Thefts 2,556 2,695 2,393 2,613 2,695 2,440 1,975 2,209
per 100,000 2257.8 2194.1 1984.3 2125.7 2105.9 1879.4 1504.7 1686.6
Auto thefts 417 351 318 332 286 277 243 253
per 100,000 368.4 285.8 263.7 270.1 223.5 213.4 185.1 193.2
Arson 15 6 6 8 8 4 7 7
per 100,000 13.3 4.9 5.0 6.5 6.3 3.1 5.3 5.3
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 306.2) 229.5 217.9 194.2 215.1 197.6 180.6 140.3 163.8
Named the 10th safest city in the U.S in 2006, so this just goes to show you that the nation as a whole is getting more dangerous considering it did not receive such an accolade in 2005, yet the crime rate actually went up.
Crime in Pembroke Pines by Year
Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 0 2 3 3 0 1 6 1
per 100,000 0.0 1.6 2.1 2.1 0.0 0.7 3.9 0.7
Rapes 31 25 14 20 23 23 25 15
per 100,000 26.5 19.5 9.9 13.9 15.4 15.1 16.3 9.8
Robberies 73 94 130 121 132 113 95 134
per 100,000 62.5 73.3 92.2 84.2 88.4 74.2 61.9 87.6
Assaults 186 281 203 234 239 264 227 213
per 100,000 159.1 219.1 144.0 162.8 160.1 173.4 147.9 139.3
Burglaries 686 614 620 675 618 619 743 831
per 100,000 587.0 478.7 439.8 469.7 413.9 406.6 484.1 543.4
Thefts 2,794 2,281 3,470 3,091 3,291 3,221 3,295 3,581
per 100,000 2390.7 1778.3 2461.2 2150.8 2204.0 2115.8 2146.7 2341.8
Auto thefts 603 556 639 607 511 478 433 474
per 100,000 516.0 433.5 453.2 422.4 342.2 314.0 282.1 310.0
Arson 26 9 12 29 40 15 14 15
per 100,000 22.2 7.0 8.5 20.2 26.8 9.9 9.1 9.8
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 311.1) 249.8 223.8 234.1 225.8 215.4 208.6 211.3 219.8
Also in Palm Beach County
Crime in Boca Raton by Year
Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 3
per 100,000 4.1 1.3 1.3 2.6 1.3 2.5 0.0 3.4
Rapes 8 16 14 11 10 22 15 13
per 100,000 11.0 20.7 18.3 14.1 12.7 27.4 18.8 14.8
Robberies 72 52 65 63 46 82 53 72
per 100,000 99.0 67.4 84.7 80.6 58.4 102.3 66.4 81.7
Assaults 109 141 116 129 118 149 173 150
per 100,000 149.9 182.7 151.2 165.0 149.7 185.8 216.7 170.3
Burglaries 734 742 665 545 597 600 591 551
per 100,000 1009.6 961.5 867.0 697.1 757.3 748.2 740.3 625.5
Thefts 2,029 2,097 1,990 1,927 1,722 2,152 2,071 2,232
per 100,000 2790.9 2717.3 2594.5 2464.7 2184.5 2683.6 2594.2 2533.7
Auto thefts 288 263 188 213 203 256 182 168
per 100,000 396.1 340.8 245.1 272.4 257.5 319.2 228.0 190.7
Arson 3 0 2 2 3 4 16 2
per 100,000 4.1 0.0 2.6 2.6 3.8 5.0 20.0 2.3
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 314.0) 290.8 279.2 257.0 242.7 221.1 280.0 252.1 237.6
Fairly high traffic, but an decent downtown scene and an upscale vibe.
Crime in Palm Beach Gardens by Year
Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 0
per 100,000 0.0 2.7 11.1 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.2 0.0
Rapes 10 6 6 10 6 6 10 7
per 100,000 28.3 16.2 16.7 27.3 15.5 14.0 22.1 14.1
Robberies 34 33 36 51 47 27 37 43
per 100,000 96.2 89.3 100.1 139.1 121.1 63.1 81.7 86.3
Assaults 63 53 61 66 75 69 65 92
per 100,000 178.3 143.4 169.6 180.0 193.2 161.4 143.4 184.7
Burglaries 260 223 350 346 321 335 377 365
per 100,000 735.8 603.4 973.1 943.8 826.8 783.4 832.0 732.7
Thefts 1,530 1,517 1,479 1,285 1,340 1,252 1,319 1,326
per 100,000 4329.7 4104.4 4112.2 3505.1 3451.4 2927.8 2910.7 2661.8
Auto thefts 220 192 151 114 164 176 183 123
per 100,000 622.6 519.5 419.8 311.0 422.4 411.6 403.8 246.9
Arson 4 6 12 3 0 3 4 2
per 100,000 11.3 16.2 33.4 8.2 0.0 7.0 8.8 4.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 327.6) 361.7 321.8 365.7 330.7 317.0 272.0 282.2 251.6