Zillow Advice: Buying Process - how do you find out what the crime rate is in the neighborhood you are looking to buy in?

There are also some tell-tales: ...

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:52:00 GMT

There are also some tell-tales: lots of grafitti; idle young men in groups of 3 or more; security bars on the windows; stripped cars in the neighborhood; phone booths; above normal police cruisers; a multitude of liquor stores and check-cashing storefronts; lots of pedestrian traffic; busted street lights; etc. etc.

Drive through at night and trust your gut -- that'll inform you. Keep the doors locked.

Reported crime rates are sometimes iffy. That might be skewed by a wide zip code or other neighborhood designation. For example, here in Reno we have about an eight block area around Montebello Street that is notorius but the stats are relatively mild because they embrace a wider geographical area.

The best way to find out ...

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:17:00 GMT

The best way to find out about a neighborhood....Talk to a neighbor

try the local police station ...

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:05:00 GMT

try the local police station and city.org pages online...

In the Salinas, Monterey ...

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:02:00 GMT

In the Salinas, Monterey County,CA area you can go to http://crimereports.com/ to view the activity over a period of time. Data comes from the Salinas PD. The site offers info for other areas but I think it's dependent on whether or not they can get the data from the local PD.

Visit my profile page...the ...

Mon, 04 May 2009 05:28:00 GMT

Visit my profile page...the link will bring you to it and will tell you everything you need to know in your area.

Hello Lisa,I am a Realtor, ...

Sun, 03 May 2009 23:29:00 GMT

Hello Lisa,

I am a Realtor, for over 12 years I show many properties to my Clients, but wen it comes to writing an offer, I study the Crime Report and let my Clients know if the area is not good. I do this as a free Service for my Clients.
Lisa you can go to any local Police Department and ask for a free crime report.

ryan

The best thing you can is ...

Sun, 03 May 2009 22:29:00 GMT

The best thing you can is to go directly to the police station and ask to view their activity logs. Some will charge a small fee but it will clearly give you an overview of what crimes and activities are in and around your neighborhood of interest

Go to www.homeresearch.com ...

Sat, 02 May 2009 08:59:00 GMT

Go to www.homeresearch.com and click on the community information button on top of the site. You'll then enter the zip code of the area you wish to know about and the statistics will be generated for you to look at.

East Salinas is known to contain the roughest neighborhoods. Most of North and South Salinas are pretty good.

I recently found about a ...

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:32:00 GMT

I recently found about a website http://www.spotcrime.com/

Do not know how reliable the information is. So please trust the information at your own risk. Seems to be an updated site, as i was able to spot a crime in my area that happened last week.

Also your local police department website can have a crime mapper.

And as always you can go to the precinct to get a report of the neighborhood you are planning to buy the house in.

In Portland oregon we have ...

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:53:00 GMT

In Portland oregon we have www.portlandmaps.com. This has a funtion that will tell you about the crime in the area. Your local city should have a simular web-site. Try looking up GIS ( your city) this should get you some results.