Worst Cities/Areas of VA (Norfolk, Richmond: 2009, violent crime, living) - Virginia - Page 4 - City-Data Forum

01va571 · 02-25-2009, 10:25 AM

Look here are some crime charts from Real Estate Area Crime information. You tell me. The orange lines are the Virginia state averages for each crime in comparison to each city posted.

for an area is compared to the national average of 100. A score of 200 indicates twice the national average total crime risk, while 50 indicates half the national risk

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And for the record NOBODY should take the Morgan Quitno awards or CQ Press Most Dangerous city list serious. I could have easily compared all of these cities together but the FBI even said a "city to city" comparison is not meaningfull. Remember that.

Alanboy395 · 02-26-2009, 11:59 AM

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Richmond is bad, but has gotten allot better. The jackson ward area, Church Hill, Northside, and Southside all have some bad area's. Crime 360 on A&E or Crime and Investigation network have episodes almost all in Richmond. But from going from the 5th highest crime rate in the nation in 2005 to the 49th in 2008, I would say things are getting allot better. But here area some of Richmonds run down area's.

I often hear of Richmond's improvements and i'm encourgaged.

Im sorry if I offend anyone from the area but Petersburg is ugly as s***!

Petersburg also had the highest crime rate in the state of Virginia since the 80's. You dont hear about it because the city doesnt meet up to a population of 75,000. The city is typically one of ther poorer area's of Virginia. Here are pics.

I agree.

The NW area of Roanoke has also gained quite a rep. bieng the nasty part of town. The southwest section in general has had a total increase in violent crimes for 20 years while the rest of the state has been steadily declining.

Obviously some of the Hampton Roads are bad, but thats no secret. Ive people from central Florida who have never considered the VA Beach area bad but everyone has the right to an opinion.

There are defintely bad parts. Shell Rd/Abdereen in Hampton. East End and (recently) Denbigh in Newport News. Park Place and Huntersville in Norfolk. South Norfolk in Chesapeake. Green Run in VA Beach.

But Hampton Roads also has amazing neighborhoods such as Ghent, Freemason, Larchmont, Port Warwick, Western Branch, York County, and plenty more.

CULMORE in Seven Corners is horrible. I would never consider living there, NEVER. You can just glance at it and tell Illegal immigration took over. The area has been a breeding ground for spanish gangs. Its a large area that consists of low income apartments and such surrounded by small houses and such. There are very few area's I wouldnt consider going around and walking around in Northern Virginia, but Culmore is one of them.

No argument here.

Another neighborhood that has been seized by illegals, but dont get that much attention is the Arlandria neighborhood in Alexandria.

1 more neighborhood or area for Northern Virginia would be the Georgetown South neighborhood in Manassas. There is a MAJOR illegal immigration/ Gang problem in Manassas in general but seems to be consintrated in and around Georgetown South and a couple other neighborhoods I cant recall the names, one of which is a trailer park area.

Prince William County/Manassas has started to come down hard on illegals. The resolution back in 07 cleared out a larger number of illegals who mostly moved to MD or inside the beltway in VA.

A couple area's in Alexandria off rt1 are not that great either.

I agree completely. I work in one of the bad areas off Rt. 1. I make sure to get out of there before dark. It aint that pretty during the day either.

Great observations.

01va571 · 02-26-2009, 02:38 PM

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