How scary is your neighborhood?

[mithrandir2001]

I kinda wonder about the validity of those numbers. My town has the lowest rate (3) of anyone here but I'm hardly in the boondocks; rather, I'm only about 6 miles from the Philadelphia county line. I guess it's true that there isn't much crime here but it just seems strange. I bought a house in the suburbs because it isn't the city and we don't have the problems large cities have, yet regional resources are still convenient. We know that the suburbs aren't always the keep-your-door-unlocked-all-the-time dream that people envision, but I guess they aren't wholly spoiled yet.

 

[civad]

184 crime Index @ Champaign, IL

Go Illini!

 

[Atrail]

Total Crime Index: 68 100 (county average)
Personal Crime Index: 44 100 (county average)
Property Crime Index: 76 100 (county average)

 

[Jfur]

Originally posted by: mithrandir2001
I kinda wonder about the validity of those numbers. My town has the lowest rate (3) of anyone here but I'm hardly in the boondocks; rather, I'm only about 6 miles from the Philadelphia county line. I guess it's true that there isn't much crime here but it just seems strange. I bought a house in the suburbs because it isn't the city and we don't have the problems large cities have, yet regional resources are still convenient. We know that the suburbs aren't always the keep-your-door-unlocked-all-the-time dream that people envision, but I guess they aren't wholly spoiled yet.

A neighboring zip code known for its high property crime has a "3" -- my area is "422" -- I hope no one is actually taking these numbers seriously.

 

[CaptainGoodnight]

Total Crime Index: 20
Personal Crime Index: 13
Property Crime Index: 39

 

[Cyberian]

I really think that 'county' is a typo, and should read 'country. I chose a few zip codes from counties here and I see no way in hell that 100 is the county average.
I also find some of the results to be far different from my experience of crime areas, as Jfur has already pointed out.

Originally posted by: Jfur

Originally posted by: morkinva

Originally posted by: Jfur
did anyone else notice the "county average" rather than national average in parentheses. If this is the case, we cannot make regional comparisons.

According to the <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://list.realestate.yahoo.com/reinfo/nglossary.html" target=blank>glossary</A> the total crime index is:

This index represents the risk of having a crime committed against your body or property. The <STRONG>national average</STRONG> has been set to equal 100. A score of 50 indicates that you are half as likely have a crime committed against you will a score of 200 indicates that you are at twice the risk. The index is calculated from a weighted and trended compilation of FBI and local reporting jurisdictions.

I see that but I find it strange that it says county elsewhere. Since there is not a consistent standard for reporting it is still not reliable even if it is a national average IMO but it's interesting. For example, Compton, CA is half the value of Honolulu, HI ???

And the place I used to live where we would find bodies in the alley and there were drug deals on the sidewalk in front of the house every day is only 33 points above national average? At least for the places I've been I'd say these numbers are way off.

edit: the eye rolling is not at you but the rankings

 

[So]

Total Crime Index: 118

But I wouldn't trust anything this reports, as I live in southern NV, and it says that the average winter low is 18.55 degrees - I have lieve here five years and it is virtually never below freezing. Winter is a few days in the Fifties, not 18.55 degrees!

 

[Chaotic42]

Bedford, Indiana

Total Crime Index: 55
Personal Crime Index: 30
Property Crime Index: 65
Culture Index: 106

The Culture Index is just wrong. There is no culture here.

 

[LoqT]

93720 North Fresno CA Crime index 154 average income is 64k a year.

 

[Scouzer]

Hot damn, it says Edmonton, Canada is 187...thats pretty damn high! I live about 20km outta town though so its all good out here

 

[Aceman]

Originally posted by: Garfang
Total Crime Index: 156
Personal Crime Index: 217
Property Crime Index: 124
Culture Index: 145 (98.13 national average)

That's in Minneapolis, MN, 55403.

I don't consider it too bad, though I know a few people who are wussies and think my hood looks scary.

A few blocks over, in 55404 (the wrong side of 35W, so to speak), they've got it a lot worse:

Total Crime Index: 228
Personal Crime Index: 317
Property Crime Index: 181

There's a lot of drug activity over there. The crack heads are usually out until 4 or 5 AM when I drive through to take a look around for the hell of it.

Not as bad as mine in Brooklyn Center at 146 total crime index. I did a check of the area by the airport where I work and WOULD NOT wander outside the gates after dark and it was only a total crime index of 26. Something's seriously wrong here. Also, North Minneapolis, just to the south of me where there is a lot of problems scored less thean my area in the suburbs.

 

[Sciolist]

Total Crime Index: 6
Personal Crime Index: 5
Property Crime Index: 5
Culture Index: 139

 

[Vortex22]

Total Crime Index: 30
Personal Crime Index: 35
Property Crime Index: 33

Wow... i'm suprised it's that low.

 

[Zedtom]

Total Crime: 157

Burglaries are the biggest problem in the neighborhood. I got neighbors who never work, always have different newer cars every six months, and are always loading and unloading assorted items into their garage, (which is crammed full of more junk).