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If it helps in your search at all, there are websites such as spotcrime.com where you can look up all police reports zeroed in on a particular street or area. You can't zone in on a particular residence address per se however, you can on an area or street. It will just block out the residence number. I get daily reports on this one and I request a 2 - 5 mile radius of my address. This way you will know if an area in general is bad or has had a lot of police reports. It will give you a general description of what the police call was for; assault, burglary, robbery, domestic disturbance, etc. You can use this site now for any areas that you are currently looking to rent in.
I don't belong to nextdoor.com but I have heard it is a good site once you are actually living in an area and have an established address. It is like a neighborhood watchdog program and you have to register with your actual address so this one will not work for you while you are looking however, it is a good site to use for an area you are living in.
Okay, going to the website *as we speak*
Thanks for the direction.
On a side note, I wouldn't necessarily say more roommates = safer. Certainly you may be less likely to be broken into because the apartment could be occupied more often, and more people may be more intimidating for a break in when the unit is occupied. However all of this only works when everyone is equally responsible....
Yes, I lived in a house, maybe 7 years ago...3 roommates (including myself) upstairs - and one person downstairs (owner, actually) Our unit was separate, but we could also go downstairs, to use the nicer kitchen.
One Friday night we were all gone, someone popped a screen downstairs and stole an expensive Mac desktop computer (which was in plain sight from the window) It was not the owner's but his ex-wife's computer, too. He was going through a divorce, too.
YES - you get careless living with *so many people* We always think someone's home, then leave windows open, back doors open, etc. so someone can just pop a screen, etc.
retirees/older people are such great security for a neighborhood, btw.
Tend to be home more during the daytime, always watching the neighborhood....
If only there were some more senior citizens in the neighborhood..It's like having A.D.T.!
Very true... I guess I will be the kid for the rest of my life... I have neighbors 2 and almost 3 times as old as I am... they have lived in their homes going back to the 50's and 60's.
Nothing happens without someone taking a look out the window... sure gives me peace of mind.
Before I lived on a street where NO ONE was home during the workweek... my home and truck were broken into as well as several on the street.... NO ONE was home and the bad guys knew it.
It's too bad b/c it was a cute house. Nicely done inside. Good backyard! I imagine it was a nice neighborhood at one time.
But I just got the crimespot.com report this morning - NO WAY, JOSE!!
Awww, that is too bad. Goes to show you can't judge the book by its cover, huh?
And it is spotcrime.com btw lol I just didn't want anyone else to wonder why they couldn't access crimespot.com if they tried.
Anyway, I know I have to be careful with spotcrime.com sometimes. I ask for 2 miles radius of my address and I can get a very long list sometimes but I make sure I look at what the police calls/reports were for before I panic too much. There are a lot of things police are called for that are false alarms or very minor things that you would not have to worry about. Sometimes if you click on the details of an instance you get a better description of what the call was for. I am more concerned about the ones that specifically say robbery, burglary, assaults, etc., and that weeds out quite a few of the others on the list.
You might want to try putting in your current address or other areas to see what comes up to get a better idea or comparison.
I'd hope that meant the data is good. Of course, you never know.
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oh, yes...I agree
