Official Crime Report Thread (San Antonio, Schertz: apartment complex, university, law)

[Dementius88]

Also, to be fair, I think we are being warned about possible crimes then we are experiencing them. These times are tough and alot has changed in the past 20-30 years. Leaving your house unlocked to run to the ice house 20-30 years ago was not a unheard of thing. My dad would leave the garage opened. Nowadays it seems, I have to secure Fort Knox if I am going around the corner to check my mail. Alot of people are just not taking precautions and are not using common sense which leaves them open to would be criminals. My dad used to say, locks don't keep out thieves, they just keep the honest, honest. I don't know if San Antonio is worse than Detroit, Miami, or any town in the USA. I do know that it is worse than it was when I was a kid.

[majormadmax]

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San Antonio is about on par with the rest of the nation, and if you are interested in a particular area you can do research on it here:

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[eger]

I am sure it is up, but the city is growing leaps and bounds.

[m22]

Originally Posted by m22

We moved here from the Detroit suburbs and have experienced more petty crime here in Stone Oak

So lemonfresh, I said "Detroit suburbs" - your data was on the city of Detroit, and I said "petty crime," not murders. Not exactly apples to apples, but I agree that the city of Detroit is higher in violent crime, hands down.
But in my experience, the City of San Antonio has a more noticeable threat of petty/property crime than suburban Detroit, where I lived: where we parked on the driveway or street overnight, never had an alarm, slept with windows open and had zero property theft in 33 years.

[firstclassflyer]

Originally Posted by m22

So lemonfresh, I said "Detroit suburbs" - your data was on the city of Detroit, and I said "petty crime," not murders. Not exactly apples to apples, but I agree that the city of Detroit is higher in violent crime, hands down.
But in my experience, the City of San Antonio has a more noticeable threat of petty/property crime than suburban Detroit, where I lived: where we parked on the driveway or street overnight, never had an alarm, slept with windows open and had zero property theft in 33 years.

To compare apples to apples, you should be comparing suburbs of Detroit with suburbs of SA then.
"Suburbs" vs. "City" data is going to be skewed and pretty much a no-brainer (no matter how much the urban folks don't want to hear it. )

[m22]

What would be considered suburban San Antonio? (curious). There are large areas outside of 1604 even, still considered the City of San Antonio.

I think it is impossible to compare any two metropolitan areas apples to apples...just wanted to say that in my personal experience, I have had to guard my belongings much more carefully since arriving in San Antonio. And like I said, that could just be a sign of the times.

[firstclassflyer]

Originally Posted by m22

What would be considered suburban San Antonio? (curious). There are large areas outside of 1604 even, still considered the City of San Antonio.

I think it is impossible to compare any two metropolitan areas apples to apples...just wanted to say that in my personal experience, I have had to guard my belongings much more carefully since arriving in San Antonio. And like I said, that could just be a sign of the times.

Schertz, Cibolo, Converse, Pleasanton, Universal City, Helotes, Fair Oaks Ranch..maybe even Boerne.. etc...also the crime stats that you see usually don't include these areas outside 1604 that use a San Antonio mailing address, but aren't within city limits.(so no, they are not considered City if San Antonio for these purposes). If that data could be gathered, I would think to count it in with the suburban data.

[perticusrex]

I dont think Pleasanton is considered a suburb of SA.

And dont tell that to Schertz cause they think they are their own city too. They have flags on practically every lightpost to prove it.

[AnthonySA]

Originally Posted by firstclassflyer

Schertz, Cibolo, Converse, Pleasanton, Universal City, Helotes, Fair Oaks Ranch..maybe even Boerne.. etc...also the crime stats that you see usually don't include these areas outside 1604 that use a San Antonio mailing address, but aren't within city limits.(so no, they are not considered City if San Antonio for these purposes). If that data could be gathered, I would think to count it in with the suburban data.

And the tricities (Alamo Heights, Olmos Park, Terrell Hills), Hollywood Park, Hill Country Village, Castle Hills, Balcones Heights, New Braunfels, etc, etc.

We got plenty of suburbs to choose from, just not as many as Detroit.

[tejano2828]

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1. Don't let people know if your home or not.
2. leave lights on at nite.
3. DON"T LOAD UP FOR THE WEEKEND IN PLAIN SIGHT.