I highly recommend you visit the local police station and ask for reports on the area. You can request calls and crimes. The information is valuable in assessing crime in an area. Census stats are often outdated. In my area, your Realtor can pull published area stats for you as well, but again, the most updated numbers come from the local police.

In Columbia, MO the easiest way to check crime statistics is to go to the city's website http://www.gocolumbiamo.com. Look under the Public Safety and Courts tab for crime statistics. The direct link is http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Police/Programs/Neigh_Watch/crim… Many other locales have similar websites. If not, it is usually a safe bet to call the local police department or sheriff's office and ask for the information.

JH,
The U.S. Census Bureau has a very useful web site which provides data on a variety of deomographic topics pertaining to a specific locale. Please see below.

Best regards,
Roseann

more stats than you could ever image at http://www.leadingreRe.com then click Research A Community---you can even do comparisons

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Check with the local police department.

I would also have to agree that checking with the local police department is the best way to go, however if you are looking for a quick answer you can google your exact question, type in your zip code and find out quite a bit of info. In Colorado for example you can go to the CBI website http://cbi.state.co.us/ and it gives you everything from registed sex offenders to crime stats. Good luck with your search, that is something very important when looking into a new neighborhood!

I would start by going to local the police department website and/or talk to them and also try a websites like: http://www.NeighborhoodScan.com http://www.neighborhoodscout.com http://www.city-data.com/

You might also want to check out registered sex offenders in that area just in case you really want to make sure.

Good luck!

A good place for crime stats is your local Law Enforcement Agency.
Brian
http://www.kennarealestate.com/lakewood-homes-for-sale.php

One of the easiest ways to find out where a zip code area stands is to go to http://www.eppraisal.com/ and type in only the zip code at the top of the page. You will instantly see the area compared to the county and state. This example is for 17022:

Elizabethtown, PA had a personal crime rate of 24 per 10,000 residents and 38 property crimes per 10,000 residents. Lancaster County had a higher personal crime rate and a higher property crime rate, while Pennsylvania had a higher personal crime rate and a higher property crime rate than Elizabethtown, PA. A personal crime rate is a crime that is acted upon a person. A property crime is a crime that is an act on one’s personal property such as a burglary or destruction of property. Crime statistics are derived from the 2000 U.S. Census which is the most current survey of this information.

The local police department is a great place to get the most current information. There are web sites you can go to , but maytimes the information is out dated. I am attaching a link that seems to be pretty current.

The best resource for neighborhood safety issues are the local police department or the county sheriff's department. they have access to the most current and accurate information and are generally very willing to be helpful.

Good luck

use http://www.crimereports.com or http://www.spotcrime.com
they provide more data up to the zip code/neighbourhood or around a single
property address. they seem real innovators in making the crime data available
to the public.
http://www.city-data.com and http://www.melissadata.com are a real waste
in this respect. They just repeat the date from FBI's univernal crime report
data which is available at state and city level only...and the data
is from 2007. http://www.city-data.com comes quite often in my real estate
searches and I usually find outdated information there.

my 2 cents.

The best way is to check with your local police department. While crime statistics exist with various law-enforcement agencies like the FBI, as some of the other readers indicated, if you want to receive actual, recent crime-report statistics, you'd want to contact the local police department.

Hi JH,

Trulia has crime statistics in our Stats & Trends section. The stats are broken down by property crime and violent crime and you can compare the city averages to the county and state averages as well. You can access this information for the Fort Worth area via the link below and if you'd like to see this information for other areas, use the dropdown menu next to the search box above and select Stats & Trends. Then enter your location and hit search. You'll find the crime information under our Community Info section.

Best Wishes,

Emily Gibson
Community Moderator

How do I find out about what type of police calls have been made to an apartment complex?

Try Melissadata.com and drill down. Also spotcrime.com also has a good database and mapping.

Contact your local law enforcement agency for the stats

There are a few great resources around. I think it is best to contact your Community Resource Officer or CRO at the police department. Just call the main non-emergency number and ask to be connected to the CRO. They’re normally very aware of the good and bad areas of the area and can normally give you local statistics. You can also check out http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ which provides stats based on the FBI uniform crime reports. You might also visit the FBI stats site at http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm#cius. Another place to checkout is http://www.Crimeweb.net . Hope this is of you to you.

Hi JH. Many local law enforcement department have websites that let you search for crime stats for specific areas. You can also subscribe to http://www.neighborhoodscout.com which gives you access to crime stats across the nation. Here are a few more links that you may want to check out: http://www.bestplaces.com for crime stats http://www.melissadata.com
http://www.city-data.com/ http://www.relocationessentials.com

I hope this helps.
Best regards,
Ute Ferdig

Hi J.H.

The best place to find crime statistics is to talk to the local police department. Their site should have crime statistics by neighborhood.

I would also check http://www.mengans-law.net for local sex offender registry.

Sylvia