Is Your Neighborhood Safe? These Sites Have the Answer.

With the economy suffering, many folks are on the move right now, be it due to foreclosures, the pursuit of cheap real estate, or layoffs. Difficult economic times notwithstanding, though, a lot has changed since the Joads loaded up their wagon and struck out for the West. On the one hand, cities and towns can be a lot more dangerous than they were back then -- or a lot safer.
But how do you really know what the deal is with your prospective new home? Luckily, the Web now offers a multitude of resources -- essentially, online crime blotters -- that let you get the skinny on the safety situation in towns, cities, and neighborhoods across the globe. To help you determine whether that new place you fancy is safe or sketchy, take a look at our picks....





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Comments
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Subscribe to commentssmittyJan 19th 2009 3:04PM
http://www.familywatchdog.us/Default.asp
good site!
van heflinJan 19th 2009 6:27PM
Smitty why are you so paranoid about your neighbors. Have you tried a bar-b-que or instinct??
I see the reason for sex crimes but this is getting boring and silly now.
jake savageJan 19th 2009 4:45PM
get a gripe the streets and schools and parks will never be safe as long as you have judges who keep letting the guilty go and judges who keep sending people to anger management class es which was made for one thing not to help the man or woman they send there but as always to make money for the state ,city and county.things will be safe when they start putting cild molesters to death and rapist and murders and stop sending people to jsil to go to college and watch cable and work out in the gym
JohnJan 19th 2009 4:01PM
Oh great - the State is making everyone paranoid and encouraging vigilantism. No such thing as a fresh start anymore. Soon Big Brother will set up concentration camps for people to live in.
LucienJan 19th 2009 4:05PM
First, your English, for someone who brings these kinds of numbers from the FBI, is crying for help! I hope you can, or are smart enough to notice that; which I doubt!
Second, provide us also with a number of interracial marriages, or relations that are currently being celebrated, between Blacks and Whites...,since you are obviously turned to the negative!
Casey JaJan 19th 2009 7:00PM
America has a high strung and over intrusive problem.Over the last 28 years in this country, nobody can mind thier own buisness ,work out thier own problems or tolerate anything that does not go along with thier vision on how to live your life.Neighbors
should be presumed to be good neighboors until they prove otherwise.Yet Another jab at liberty and freedom.
tojoJan 19th 2009 5:30PM
From the FBI: Black males age 14 - 35, commit 56.6% of all violent crime in America while they comprise less than 3.5% of the population, and contribute less than 1/10 of 1% to the gross national product.
sabrinaJan 20th 2009 10:54PM
omg.. there are soo many sex offenders around me! creepy!!
CharlieJan 20th 2009 12:50AM
After 30 years in corporate America, I have chosen to teach in one of the under funded school districts in Illinois. I also prefer middle school because, even though it is an age where the children are the most undisciplined; it is also an age where I believe they need the most guidence and mentoring. I have found that if you take the right approach the majority of the children can be reached. I have taught students where teachers have quit after one day of teaching, and I have survived. It is a tough job,it doesn't pay well,however, it is one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I have been blessed with three great children. One is a graduate of an HBCU (Historically Black College or University) One is attending a small college in Wisconsin, doing extremely well, and plans to teach when he graduates. My youngest is is still in highschool and college bound. (My wife is also extremely involved in their upbringing) I share the experiences of my children with many of my students and have found that many of them relate and find hope for themselves. This generation of all students including African American can be reached if we take the time.
JessJan 19th 2009 7:03PM
So many people have gone to spotcrime.com that the whole server has crashed
Greg TaylorJan 19th 2009 7:33PM
God is paying the U.S. back for dropping 2 atomic bombs on Japan and burning alive tens of thousands of women and children.
We can't forget the firebombing of Dresdan, Germany. Also the bombs that were dropped on Vietnam, Cambodia and Iraq. What are 3,000 people in 2 high rises compared to these atrocities?
Ah yes, the Ugly Americans strike again.
RosieJan 19th 2009 7:57PM
Hey I want to say that's a bit off on your remark, Europeans ,and other culture's of the WHOLE WORLD are made from the SAME GOD! I hope didn't forget about Babylon, remember : (key hint) Babal means confused, meaning when Nimrod try to deter God again he had to make his creations to speak many tongues, including euro's. Besides everyone who "Actually" know whom God's chosen people are. THEIR HEBREWS! By the way HEBREWS aren't always white by skin, thier like you and me, different skins different purpose, and same belief in God but in a different way! Jews and Gentiles. I may be mexican but not totally saved by God, but I know what I am talking about, we came from the ancesters of "NOAH'S ARK!" I hope you didn't forget that either as well. I came from a foster Jew family.
I hope your not angry for saying this, God knows what I'm telling you is TRUE. He's watching us as of right know. Don't worry I'm not worried what you'll tell me after you get this.
*"The One And Only!"*
EbonyJan 20th 2009 1:30AM
Well what are you going to do to find out if your neighborhood is really safe, do a background check on everyone?
EbonyJan 20th 2009 1:39AM
I think for the most part, people want to live in a safe neighborhood, especially for kids. I don't have children but I still want the neighborhood to be safe for the kids.