One of the most common questions home buyers ask about is safety and crime. As a Realtor, it’s a hard question to answer. Each buyer has a different perception of what makes a neighborhood safe. Most real estate agents are taught to simply point buyers to the...
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Last week I posted information about using crime maps to learn about crime rates in St. Louis. While the crime maps are very useful, they don’t tell you how much crime is committed annually in a particular area. St. Louis City publishes crimes data for each...
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Everyone wants to live in a safe community. As a local resident, you need to know what is happening in your neighborhood so you can protect yourself and your property. If you are thinking of moving, understanding how crime varies in different areas of the St....
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The St. Louis Post Dispatch recently published a map showing the murders in the St. Louis area since the beginning of 2013. The map excludes police officer-involved shootings and justifiable homicides. Click on a marker for more details and links to the...
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One of my pet peeves is that St. Louis gets a unjustified bad rap every time the Morgan Quitno Press publishes their annual crime rate rankings. Each year when the reports come out stating that St. Louis has one of the highest crime rates in the country, the local...
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