Advice on an address in Kansas City? (crime, 2008)

[tadaasana]

Crime Reports has indeed given me great info - 100-300 crimes per 14 DAYS in this city? Like.. within a couple of miles of EVERY address, including ones in the "better areas"...? O_O; I don't know, maybe it's that I'm from Vermont, but that's A LOT of crime. A lot of crime.

...Maybe I should, err.. consider a safer place to go to school... :O

[Samantha S]

Originally Posted by tadaasana

Crime Reports has indeed given me great info - 100-300 crimes per 14 DAYS in this city? Like.. within a couple of miles of EVERY address, including ones in the "better areas"...? O_O; I don't know, maybe it's that I'm from Vermont, but that's A LOT of crime. A lot of crime.

...Maybe I should, err.. consider a safer place to go to school... :O

Well, keep in mind that even the very best areas of the metro (including the burbs) are almost all within a couple of miles of where most of the crime is concentrated. It's just not that big of an area.

Overall, most of the metro area is 5-10 on my scale. (With 1 being the worst.) You should be able to find what you're looking for, but it is on the low end pricewise. That means you will have to look hard for a house that needs a lot of work in an otherwise nice area, or you will be in a not-so-great area.

[Samantha S]

What about 430 NE 45th St, Kansas City, Clay, Missouri 64116 - mls 1604115 price listed at $25,900

That looks like a decent area and a cute little house. Can others comment on the neighborhood?

Disclaimer: I'm not a realtor, I have no interest in what you buy or where. I'm just showing you options I see based on the criteria you gave.

[WiseOwlSaysHoot]

As long as you stay out of the very worst areas of town, I don't think you should have worry too much about crime.

Unfortunately, crime happens everywhere in the country - even in the nice suburbs. Personally, I choose not to worry about it. I've lived in parts of KC that some people may consider to be not the best areas, but I've never had any problems. Neither have any of my friends or acquaintances who live in those areas.

I think as long as you're smart, and not looking for trouble then you'll be fine.

However, if you've never lived in a city before, and you're not comfortable urban environments, then you might have difficulty finding something in the city in your price range that would work for you.

[kcmo]

You also have to remember that you are looking in the heart of a major metro area. The population of metro KC is nearly four times that of the state of Vermont.

There are hundreds of thousands of people, if not over a million, within 5-10 miles of the areas you are looking at. The chances are low that you will be a victim of a crime, especially a serious one.

[kcmo]

Originally Posted by Samantha S

What about 430 NE 45th St, Kansas City, Clay, Missouri 64116 - mls 1604115 price listed at $25,900

That looks like a decent area and a cute little house. Can others comment on the neighborhood?

Disclaimer: I'm not a realtor, I have no interest in what you buy or where. I'm just showing you options I see based on the criteria you gave.

nice find samantha.

[Samantha S]

Originally Posted by kcmo

nice find samantha.

Thanks! I'm becoming a pro at this househunting stuff. I just wish I could find one for me!!!

We've been looking for several weeks now and just not finding anything exciting. I'm hoping more come on the market after Easter.

This one looked good to me because the houses around it look nice and are bigger. I'd rather have the lowest end house in the neighborhood than the nicest/biggest. The other properties will help prop up the value of yours and help you get some return on your investment.

But I'm not familiar with that exact area. It looks okay, but I hope someone more familiar will comment.

[TabulaRasa]

Originally Posted by tadaasana

Crime Reports has indeed given me great info - 100-300 crimes per 14 DAYS in this city? Like.. within a couple of miles of EVERY address, including ones in the "better areas"...? O_O; I don't know, maybe it's that I'm from Vermont, but that's A LOT of crime. A lot of crime.

...Maybe I should, err.. consider a safer place to go to school... :O

Crime is everywhere. When I lived on the Plaza, one of the more upscale of urban neighborhoods of KCMO, I had my car broken into twice in under a year, and everything I had in storage units in our upscale building's basement stolen by somebody who sawed off the locking mechanism. Granted, it's not violent crime, but it's pretty ridiculous to have to worry about that crap in the so-called hoity toity areas of a given city. By contrast, I lived for several years in a much rougher area of Chicago, and had absolutely nothing ever once stolen, vandalized, or otherwise molested.

[Tamtam1974]

If you move anywhere in Kansas City, make it Kansas City North aka "North of the River", you'll be glad you did.

[cp1969]

From crimereports.com, it appears there was a homicide on 89th street recently. Very close to the address in question.