Which areas in Fort Myers have low crime? (Tampa, Cape Coral: homes, living in)

[Rainbow girl]

Does anyone know anything about BayBreeze Villas apts or Audubon Cove or Madison at Brantley Pines? I am trying to make a decision about where to move and these are all options. Please help me! I am in Indiana and hard to find stuff out from here. I have children so I want low crime but close to things to do.

[kroeran]

generally, crime really drops off south of Colonial

Search CrimeReports.com#

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by kroeran

generally, crime really drops off south of Colonial

Search CrimeReports.com#

That map only shows crime for the CITY of Fort Myers. Lee County does not report it stats to CrimeReports.com or not in full. Looking at that map I KNOW that there are crimes in the county that are not showing up on there.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by jbclown

There are bad pockets of ghetto areas in Fort Myers, as there is any big city. After growing up in the east coast of South Florida, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and also living right next door to Roxbury in Boston, I find most of SW FL extremely safe.

Like everything, withthe growth has come changes. I would just like this coast to from becoming the east coast for as long as possible. Don't worry you don't have much to worry about in crime in Fort Myers.

Hoo-boy. Now there's a ringing endorsement.

Like I said, about a week ago. I had an epiphany. I finally, finally realized that the reason people are so darn happy over there in Fort Myers is because they certainly do NOT come from where I come from.

The crime rate is not that bad and the people are not rude and unfriendly, according to them.

It suddenly all makes sense.

[stan wendel]

How safe is the Edison Mall area? We are looking at a place across the street to the east.

[BakinMama]

Umm, NOT safe.

[JBMallory]

yeah, simply put "not"

you can do better for the same money, unless you plan to be employed within walking distance of those apartments, look elsewhere

[justNancy]

Originally Posted by LewLew

I would say Ft Myers East of 95 has the highest crime stats.

I-95 is on the East Coast. You must mean I-75. After I got over to the east coast, I had a hard time too. I'd be told to go west, which is away from the beach, and I'd have to stop for a second to realize everything is the opposite. Sunsets are pretty, but not the same as on the Gulf side.

I can't totally agree with you. Yes, there are areas east of I-75 that are bad, but I once stayed off of Old Olga Rd and it was a very pretty area. Now, would I recommend living there? No. But I wouldn't call it a high crime area.

Fort Myers has a lot of safe areas. The worst area IMO is around the Edison Mall. There are pockets of crime around Ortiz, Henderson, MLK Blvd and also sections of Palm Beach Blvd.

The best thing to do is read the crime reports on the Fort Myers Police web site for a couple of weeks. Crime is everywhere, even in the so-called safest cities. I think it's pretty obvious when you drive around a city where the gangs hang out and where there is a lot of violence.

I did it again! The OP asked the question in January. Oh, well, I guess there's nothing wrong with continuing a discussion.

[justNancy]

Originally Posted by jbclown

So, I guess living on the East Coast of Florida and Roxbury has skewed my perception.

Not at all. You are just being realistic. By the way, I wish everyone would stop putting the "east coast" of FL in one gigantic category. That would be like saying Naples, Fort Myers and Tampa are exactly the same. I've worked with a lot of people who loved living in Fort Myers and Cape Coral. There are a lot gorgeous homes in Fort Myers and many millionaires make it their home. However, you don't have to be one to live there and enjoy it.

Originally Posted by hiknapster

Hoo-boy. Now there's a ringing endorsement.

Like I said, about a week ago. I had an epiphany. I finally, finally realized that the reason people are so darn happy over there in Fort Myers is because they certainly do NOT come from where I come from.

The crime rate is not that bad and the people are not rude and unfriendly, according to them.

It suddenly all makes sense.

This is one of your kindest posts about Fort Myers. For someone to continually knock an entire city and its residents is spiteful and unnecessary. As I said before, I'm sorry your experience in Florida was so negative. I'm happy for you, I really am, that you live in such a perfect place, but it's not helpful to keep knocking SWFL in every post when someone asks a question. I would never go to the Knoxville forum and continuously bash it every chance I got.

[justNancy]

Originally Posted by stan wendel

How safe is the Edison Mall area? We are looking at a place across the street to the east.

I would not recommend this area at all. Just a few miles south near Daniel's Parkway is much nicer.