95131 vs 95132 vs 95133 (San Jose, Oakland, Milpitas: city hall, low crime, homes)

[JanSose]

Hello,
I'm finding a place to live in San Jose and I've narrowed it down to these 3 zip codes where it matches what I can afford with relatively low crime (compared to other San Jose zip codes).

Do you have any pros/cons on these zip codes and which one may be "best" to live in? Are there any other considerations to be aware of?

[mstnghu2]

Of those three zip codes, 95132 is the nicest overall. The other two are closer to sketchier parts of town.

[mstnghu2]

You're welcome.

[JanSose]

Originally Posted by mstnghu2

You're welcome.

Thanks

I checked my post a few days after I posted and there wasn’t a reply yet

Appreciate your help. Yes, it seems that 95132 is surrounded by 95133 and 95131 and 95035 Milpitas so the area is nicest. There is a newer community in 95131 south of the golf course which seems nice. The homes in 95132 and 95133 overall seems a bit older

[nowhereman427]

If possible steer clear of San Jose. It is competing with Oakland everyday in all crimes property and life threatening as well as traffic issues.

[mstnghu2]

Originally Posted by nowhereman427

If possible steer clear of San Jose. It is competing with Oakland everyday in all crimes property and life threatening as well as traffic issues.

This is nonsense. San Jose is still safer today than it was in the 80s/90s and the good areas and bad areas of town are still the same good areas and bad areas of town that they used to be...nothing new.

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by mstnghu2

This is nonsense. San Jose is still safer today than it was in the 80s/90s and the good areas and bad areas of town are still the same good areas and bad areas of town that they used to be...nothing new.

Same thing goes with SJPD too?

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by nowhereman427

Same thing goes with SJPD too?

Agreed.

I live in San Jose and the cops don't enforce anything. It isn't unique to San Jose. A lot of it relates to Prop 47 (which the foolish voters of CA voted in) that made stealing up to $999 worth of stuff a misdemeanor. Many of the stores in downtown SJ have closed as a result (even before Covid). I have a friend who works at a drugstore and many of their stores on the Peninsula have closed for similar reasons. A coworker of mine who has a friend in retail has said that her friend has said similar things about their store being ripped off.

They also don't do anything about the homeless people. They can pretty much do whatever they want. They need to be sent to mandatory rehab like Rhode Island does.

We have BLM signs in downtown SJ including at City Hall. When they endorse BLM, that says to me the police will be further neutered or eliminated. I completely sympathize with those who criticize police corruption and have criticized SJ police over the years myself (mostly their greedy union). But BLM takes their criticisms way too far.

I'm grateful that the people of San Jose are more law abiding than those of most other big U.S. cities. But I don't expect that to hold up forever.

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

Agreed.

I live in San Jose and the cops don't enforce anything. It isn't unique to San Jose. A lot of it relates to Prop 47 (which the foolish voters of CA voted in) that made stealing up to $999 worth of stuff a misdemeanor. Many of the stores in downtown SJ have closed as a result (even before Covid). I have a friend who works at a drugstore and many of their stores on the Peninsula have closed for similar reasons.

They also don't do anything about the homeless people. They can pretty much do whatever they want. They need to be sent to mandatory rehab like Rhode Island does.

We have BLM signs in downtown SJ including at City Hall. When they endorse BLM, that says to me the police will be further neutered or eliminated. I completely sympathize with those who criticize police corruption and have criticized SJ police over the years myself (mostly their greedy union). But BLM takes their criticisms way too far.

I'm grateful that the people of San Jose are more law abiding than those of most other big U.S. cities. But I don't expect that to hold up forever.

I was down there in the 80's and SJPD had a reputation as being "Professional" with a requirement of AS degree in their hiring process. Things as a whole were not bad in those days in comparison to what San Jose has turned into today. San Jose has seen better days in the 80's and the 90's. Though they have built up the old downtown area. Today forget it.
Too many shootings, stabbings, and motor vehicle crimes.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by nowhereman427

I was down there in the 80's and SJPD had a reputation as being "Professional" with a requirement of AS degree in their hiring process. Things as a whole were not bad in those days in comparison to what San Jose has turned into today. San Jose has seen better days in the 80's and the 90's. Though they have built up the old downtown area. Today forget it.
Too many shootings, stabbings, and motor vehicle crimes.

This is where I'll disagree.

I think there are massive amounts of property and other non-violent crime not being reported.

If the statistics on things like homicide are to be belived (and I think they are reasonably accurate), the violent crime rate in SJ is lower now than it was in the 80's and 90's. I've lived here since the late '90s and the violent crime rate did go up last year, but compared to when I first moved here, it's still bouncing around in the same general range.

But once the BLM sympathizers succeed in neutering/defunding the police (and that's the direction we're headed), all that can change in a heartbeat.

That's why I'm making plans to leave SJ and not live in any big city.