Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Nevada > Las Vegas
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 02-23-2007, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Colorado Springs,CO
2,367 posts, read 7,651,042 times
Reputation: 624

Advertisements

Not that I am planning on moving to Las Vegas or anything I am just curios to know what areas are considered to be the most dangerous and where you will find a bunch of boarded up buildings.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 02-23-2007, 08:13 PM
 
Location: South Strip, NV --> Philly (Fall 2009)
2,404 posts, read 10,682,999 times
Reputation: 637
the West SIDE (not the new West Side, I'm talkin about the OLD west side (lettered streets that intersect Washington, Owens, or Lake Mead))

the area behind the Stratosphere

Sierra Vista Drive

Donna and Carey

you can look up certain areas at www.lvmpd.com/crimeviewcommunity
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-23-2007, 09:54 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
3,631 posts, read 7,666,242 times
Reputation: 4373
I agree the alphabet streets are probably the worst part of town.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-24-2007, 06:18 AM
 
1,608 posts, read 9,743,962 times
Reputation: 974
I agree with the alphabet streets. However, before the police opened a sub station at Lake Mead and MLK it was one of the most dangerous intersections in the city. That's why they opened it there. A lot of the southern part of North Las Vegas is also dangerous.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-24-2007, 12:31 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
15,756 posts, read 38,187,029 times
Reputation: 2661
OK folks a little quiz. There is an obvious area that is 2 or 3 times as bad as the alphabets.

See who can find the worst area. Use the crimeview site. Select all crimes then remove accidents and recovered stolen vehicles. select a 1/4mile and 60 days. Then pick a pair of cross streets. when it settles use report to get the number of incidences. Monroe and D for instance does 111. Chicago and Fairfield (Naked City) does 143. The largest I found however was 336...where was that?

To calibrate these numbers the area where I live...loosely Craig and Durango...scores between 0 and 2. Sun City comes in between 0 and 1 and high density norther Summerlin comes in between 3 and 5.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-24-2007, 08:44 PM
 
1,608 posts, read 9,743,962 times
Reputation: 974
I once heard in the news a few years ago that most home burglaries take place in really nice areas, like Summerlin and Green Valley. It's the other types of crime (like robberies and violent crimes) that you have to worry about in other areas. But there are a lot of breaking and entering cases in nicer areas.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2009, 08:47 PM
 
Location: Tucson/Nogales
23,209 posts, read 29,018,601 times
Reputation: 32589
Get on to LVMPD.com and look at Crime View. Click on any two intersecting streets and you'll see the types of crimes that have been committted in that area for the past week, or month. Lots of surprises there! Like LV Blvd & Flamingo or Sahara.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2009, 09:55 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
15,756 posts, read 38,187,029 times
Reputation: 2661
Worse crime areas in Las Vegas are majority white. Speed causes crime here. Not race.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2009, 10:29 PM
 
253 posts, read 1,332,071 times
Reputation: 139
Quote:
Originally Posted by olecapt View Post
The largest I found however was 336...where was that?
The Strip, I expect, although that's mostly because of all the L.A. people hanging around.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2009, 11:31 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
15,756 posts, read 38,187,029 times
Reputation: 2661
Quote:
Originally Posted by RandalR View Post
The Strip, I expect, although that's mostly because of all the L.A. people hanging around.

Nah - the strip is not particularly bad. Not Summerlin or GV but there is much worse.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Nevada > Las Vegas

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top