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Stumble3 Las Vegas neighborhoods on list of nation’s ‘most dangerous’
Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 | 12:35 p.m.
Three Las Vegas neighborhoods were ranked in the top 10 on a "Top 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods" list, according to consumer finance site WalletPop.com.
WalletPop examined FBI data from 17,000 law enforcement agencies listed on NeighborhoodScout.com to determine neighborhoods with the highest predicted rates of violent crimes in the country.
The area near Balzar Avenue in Las Vegas, located near Martin Luther Boulevard, ranked third in the nation with a one-in-seven chance of a person becoming a crime victim in that neighborhood within one year. That neighborhood has a crime rate of 145.98 per 1,000 residents, according to WalletPop.
A Las Vegas neighborhood near U.S. 95 in the eastern valley came in at No. 4 in the country. The neighborhood, bordered by North 28th Street, near Eastern Avenue and Mojave Road, has a crime rate of 135.09 per 1,000 residents with a one-in-seven chance of a person becoming a crime victim in that area within one year, WalletPop reported.
At No. 8 on the list is the D Street area in Las Vegas, not far from Balzar Avenue west of Interstate 15. The neighborhood has a crime rate of 111.53 per 1,000 residents with a one-in-nine chance of a person becoming a crime victim within a year, according to WalletPop.
NeighborhoodScout.com characterizes the D Street and North 28th Street areas as "hip & trendy" places to live.
A Chicago neighborhood ranked first on the list, with a Cleveland neighborhood coming in at No. 2. Atlanta had four neighborhoods on the list, the most of any other city, according to WalletPop.
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Three in the TOP 10!!! Alright, this is a change for the better. Oh wait, these aren't school rankings.......
And people wonder why we can't get business to move to Nevada?
Throw a hundred $$ million at it including $50 million for reopening F Street. That will fix everything.
Where is the ACLU and all the anti-police comments on this article?
Metro Supporter;
I am not sure the article is an endorsement of the fine job Metro is doing. It is not arrests nor convictions per 1,000 they are citing. It is crimes (reported crimes). It could be a justification for more c.o.p.s (literally Constables On Patrol) but I don't think it points to a working system. It is probably necessary for a "guilliani" (more cops but LESS CARS) to cut crime in those neighborhoods.
And those New Yorkers used to think they had a tough rep hey? They are not even in the top 25!
Wimps...
did they count the illegals that live in these areas???? you know they add to this crime problem, since they are by definition " illegal".
It is now "hip and trendy" to be a crime victim! Kewl. (see how I spelled cool, that's hip and trendy too)
BrianJ,
I wasn't praising the great job that Metro is doing in those areas simply looking for any opinions from those opposed to Metro or even the ACLU. I was more interested to hear how its Metro's fault that the crime rate is so high in those areas.
Ok this should be no big surprise. have you ever drove down that way.
The county that I was born and raised in just had a murder the 3rd one since 1980 [all domestic violence}!
Seems it isn't safe anywhere!
I believe anyone caught in a crime that you are commiting is going to hate Metro. I have never broken the law therefore i think metro is doing a great job. if your on the side that breaks the law than i guess you hate Metro. guess what if you quit commiting crimes i bet you end up loving Metro.
hip and trendy? is that the new nice way of saying ghetto?
Apparently someone is scared of the truth.
There is no reason to flag my post for pointing out that these high crime areas (all 25 of them) are neighborhoods where "minorities" are a majority.
It is just facts. Don't kill the messenger.
Aren't those 3 areas home to mainly white people? Surprising indeed.
13th floor, when was the last time you drove by those areas? 1980?
Sounds to me like people here aren't praying hard enough. Here is one of my most favorite verse:
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
So in other words if the residents of Las Vegas were to only have faith and to ask heavenly father in good faith that our police department would be improved from bad to excellent and that our crime rate would drop. It would be pretty much guaranteed that we would all be blessed with such a gift. The only problem is you got to have faith first. You must first believe before you can make a difference.
13th floor... no , they are not, go there( not at night!!) and check it out,, if you do not speak spanish,, good luck there!!!
lvmacp is right, and stats prove it. I used to work on the east side cited, and have a business in the Eastern Ave cited so I know those areas are dangerous.
I would hardly call those neighborhoods "hip & Trendy"
Where are Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan & Al Sharpton? Why aren't those rabble-rousers walking the streets in the neighborhoods protesting the black-on-black violence going on? Oh, yeah, there's no money in doing that. And where is that ACLU bum, Alan Lichtenstein? Sitting in some air condidtioned, security protected office high above the fray, is my guess.
Can't really take this "list" seriously since Detroit and New Orleans are nowhere to be found and by far more dangerous than anywhere in Vegas.
Don't know whether to laugh or cry at the "Hip & Trendy" farce of a label. I guess I'll choose to laugh. We can have a fun with it.
Hey, is your neighborhood too, a post-apocalyptic hell-hole not even an Arnold Schwarzenegger character would venture into? NO PROBLEM! Just slap the "hip & trendy" label on it and you're good to go. It's called "rebranding."
On a more dismal note (if that's possible), I know for a fact that the fourth worst neighborhood (near the 95, between Eastern and Mojave) has a huge Hispanic presence. So be assured that many of the crimes committed there GO UNREPORTED. For all we know, this neighborhood is off-the-charts worst in the nation.
On the other hand, at least it's "hip & trendy." :)
Another example of trickle up economics promoted by the progressive Democrats. I wonder how many jobs (other than police, fire and emergency room personnel) these folks create?
All three of these areas are predominately white neighborhoods. You young whippersnappers need to drop the iBerry's and xphone 360's and start paying attention to your surroundings. I walk down 28th street every night with my seeing eye dog and I ain't ever come across no Spanish or ebonix speaking fellers in all my 45 years drinking behind the Chuck Minker Sports Complex.
Get with the program, Sunny, Roy Martin is a fine middle school filled with pasty whites. Now if you REALLY want to play Russian Roulette, send your kids to Palo Verde or one of them other prep schools in Summerlin.
Now
LMAO....28th St. hip and trendy... Where or when has that street ever been that way.... Anyhow they should have taken that poll back in the day when 28th St was wild and crazy,, not hip and trendy...
North Las Vegas didn't even get honorable mention?
Why do I hear how terrible it is from everyone and
it's down town that takes 3 of the top prizes? Can't believe anything I hear in this town.
I believe these hoods have chain link fences instead of brick walls. Never a good sign.
@NewBee,
Everyone likes to rag on NLV, but if you look at the actual map of the city, there are more good areas than bad. Everyone assumes the 'hood is in NLV, but it's concentrated in the core of the city (89109 anyone?) and on the East Side. Not that there aren't some very scary areas in NLV too.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/las-vegas...
DTJ, I thought you lived downtown? Surely it's not a a post-apocalyptic hell-hole? I believe that the 28th Street neighborhood (Arts District I presume) was the only one called hip and trendy. I could be wrong.
Chunky asks:
Do any of you super smart posters know how to figure out the demographics of those areas? Are they comprised of residential/business? High risk businesses??
That's what Chunky wants to know!
Next_Opinion,
I live in an a downtown enclave that isn't so bad, but it abuts areas that are. (And every time I pay my auto insurance premiums, I'm reminded of this fact.) My child goes to the magnet school at Roy Martin MS, right there on 28th St., just before the the 95 freeway. That ghetto is east of the Boulder Highway, though. So I wouldn't consider it "downtown." The other two neighborhoods mentioned are classic West Las Vegas.
But as for "post-apocalyptic hell-holes," I was merely enjoying the "hip & trendy" spin on them, wherever they may be (which, in this town, is never too far from a neighborhood NEAR YOU, everybody).
P.S.:
The Arts district is around Main, 3rd and 4th Streets, straddling Charleston Boulevard. They're trying over there. But... it's sort of like the Christmas pageant at your kid's school. You smile and clap and appreciate the effort... because you don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
@ DTJ,
Agreed that the bad neighborhood is never far away in the LV valley. I work in a Summerlin zip-code, and the neighboring area is fast becoming a war-zone.
I'm glad your kid is in a magnet school. I'm convinced it's the only way for a good student to go here. I have a kid in a magnet HS.
Isn't it funny that classic "West Las Vegas" is so far from the actual western part of the valley now?
Gotcha on the Arts District. I keep wanting to go support First Friday, but I never get out there. I used to tell people that wanted to get directions to the bus station to "Turn left at the giant bugs." at the old pest control place on Charleston and Main (?).
The Giant bugs are gone now. Oddly, I miss that place. I've lived here too long , obviously.
It drives me crazy when posters use than instead of then and your instead of you're meaning you are. Instead of posting so often maybe they study!
I'm surprised Rochester,NY did not make the list. There are plenty of places that I would never venture into without the Marines.
A Chicago neighborhood ranked as #1 on the "Top 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods." I wonder if Barack Obama ever worked as a "community organizer" in that neighborhood.
There are some neighborhoods in Las Vegas that if you get a flat tire while passing through, you are better off to keep riding out of the area flat and all because your head might become as flat as your tire if you get out of your car..sad fact, but true..
Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jeremiah Wright & Louis Farrakhan are the biggest exploiters of black people in this country.
They get rich at the expense of the poor & under privileged.
The black folks do not have to worry anywhere near as much about white folks. As they do about these power & money hungry people.
I find that very hard to believe. I've lived in the area over 15 years and have never had an incident. It's safe, community-oriented and aesthetically improvings. If these Vegas areas are some of the worse in the country then the country must be a very safe place.
<Gotcha on the Arts District. I keep wanting to go support First Friday, but I never get out there. I used to tell people that wanted to get directions to the bus station to "Turn left at the giant bugs." at the old pest control place on Charleston and Main (?).
The Giant bugs are gone now. Oddly, I miss that place. I've lived here too long , obviously.>
The giant bugs are gone? I could swear they were still there a couple of years ago!
Also, a little South of Charleston are a couple of nice antique stores. Not just junk (or stuff you had when you were a kid) but some nice items. One in particular encompassed several of those "cottages" that were built during the '30's. Separate buildings but the same store so-to-speak.
<A Chicago neighborhood ranked as #1 on the "Top 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods." I wonder if Barack Obama ever worked as a "community organizer" in that neighborhood>
So, tell us where this neighborhood is, smartass! And what does Obama have to do with ANY of this? Oh, yeah - he's from Chicago and he's a Black man. So that stands to reason he would somehow be affiliated with this neighborhood.
You couldn't find a cop on D street if you tried. There is NO SUCH THING as "on patrol" anymore either. All 3 of those neighborhoods are my idea of *&%^holes and thanks to the residents they'll get a little worse before they get better. Those people LOVE to live there, it gives them something to gripe about while standing in line at the welfare office. "Oh yeah I had a job for a day, but I quit because it's just so much easier getting a monthly check from the government!"
If the people of those neighborhoods wanted to clean up where they live, it would happen. So, let them be on whatever list comes out next, I don't care, because the very people in those neighborhoods don't care.
Mindy, there's no police patrolling 28th, D Street or Balzar because those neighborhoods are safe. It seems you people have things backwards. Summerlin, Green Valley and Boulder City are the areas people need to worry about as far as crime and minorities. I took the bus to 28th and Bonanza last week for some Barbecue and I didn't see one African or Hispanic person except for the bus driver who was light skinned and called me buddy. I live on Maryland and Karen behind LVAC and let me tell you, that's a fine area to raise a family. They also have plenty of transit stops designed for people with disabilities. I'm a blind man, for example, and I get along fine.
<You couldn't find a cop on D street if you tried. There is NO SUCH THING as "on patrol" anymore either>
I've seen plenty of cops on D Street and I also have seen both in Vegas and NLV cops on patrol all the time. Maybe you're just in denial that cops actually DO do their jobs. I wouldn't trust ANYTHING you say since you are a documented "cop hater".
The only reason they can say the crime rate is so high is because of the large number of people in these small areas. There is just as much crime in Summerlin, Henderson, Green Valley, Centennial and so on. Only difference is there arent as many people in these areas commiting crimes and if so how many times is it actually broadcasted on news? Any minor crime is on the 11 o'clock news if it's in a typical "minority" neighborhood. Crime is all around and prominent.
And RACE has nothing to do with this! If you want to be 100% most blacks have moved from these areas. Majority of the people there are hispanic and white. Get the facts straight!
LeWanda, apparently race has a little to do with it being that you excluded yours and added two others.
Quoted by LaWanda**
"And RACE has nothing to do with this! If you want to be 100% most blacks have moved from these areas. Majority of the people there are hispanic and white. Get the facts straight!"
race really does not have anything to do with it. it mostly boils down to the choices people make in life. some people want to be good and some people want to be bad.
Anything on the South Side of Chicago is likely to end up on this list... and those areas in Vegas are certainly NOT predominately white, LaWanda. It speaks volumes - at least in my ears - when the most dangerous areas are predominately minority occupied. It comes as no surprise that many people prefer to keep their neighborhoods free of the rif-raf... cleaner, safer neighborhoods makes for better home values.
I understand that it goes this way every time a police officer makes an arrest that data is entered into a computer bank and this adds up and at sometime a group like Walletpop. comes along and gets this data and interprets as the area being unsafe and you the public takes that interpretation and then further interprets into the officers not doing there job when in reality it is the officer that are doing there jobs is the reason the data was put there in the first place.
Maybe just maybe you the taxpayer needs to ask why aren't they in jail? Well it just might be your refusal to provide inmate housing and that's the reason why the judges limits their sentencing and there back on the street, They need the beds to put them in.
I have been through all of those neighborhoods and never felt like I would be a victim...
What I would like to know is how many murders there are in these areas relative to the others spots on the list???
You ever get the feeling that the media just has it out for Vegas....
There is a lot of ways you could read into this list... First, how many violent crimes occur in those other places that go unreported... Second, what exactly defines a violent crime (2 drunks fighting each other can be defined as violent and they are also the victim...) I would like to know the percentage of victim type assault, armed robbery and murder in these areas before I would give credit to this survey...
Also it is entirely possible we just have a much higher rate of report, which is something I would tend to think is entirely possible here... Think of how much more dense the populations are in some of those other cities...
Now if you had presented this data to me 20 years ago, I may believe it... you did not go into those neighborhoods back then unless you had good reason... even the cops didn't go into those neighborhoods back then...
But I would have no problem driving through those areas... Matter of fact I drive through the east side area on Bonanza and Eastern all the time... windows down and have never once felt like I was going to be victimized... Been doing that for 20 years... I grew up on the Sunrise Mnt and that was one of 2 ways to get on the freeway... And for the race idiots I am white...
Sunrise mountain is at least 5-7 miles from Bonanza and Eastern. Driving west on Bonanza to Eastern to hit the 95 is far different than walking your dog at 9pm on 28th street. I'm not sure why you're being so in denial.
is it me or are all 3 right next to each other in a super small part of town
13th... I actually had friends that lived right off of Eastern, and even had friends that lived off of 28th Street... Oh and I did occasionally hang out with them in their big bad scary neighborhood, ooooooh scarey (<--that was a ghost noise in case you didn't catch it)... Even parked my brand new truck out in front of their house...Oh and I occasionally hit up a few of the restaurants in the shopping complex on the SE corner of Bonanza and Eastern, great Mexican food over there... Oh yeah and way back in the day there used to be a Sizzler on that intersection that we would occasionally go to when Sizzler didn't suck... guess what, I never had to call the cops... Surprisingly my car was always where I parked it, I know your shocked.. And way back in the day there used to be an awesome Bread market right west of Eastern on Stewart (I know not in the exact area, but close enough) Matter of fact the only time my car was ever broken into was in Summerlin... Matter of fact when I used to work over by UMC I would take Washington off of MLK because there was less traffic... Guess what I was never ever car jacked... And I did that for 4 years or so... By the statistics given, I should have been assaulted at least 20 times, with the amount of trips I have taken through there...
I guess I am getting really sick of the absolutely moronic insults thrown out toward this town... Strangely enough this town is actually one of the nicest places in the country once you get past all the hate mongers that are aptly represented on this website...of and pepper in a heavy dose of the miserable transient gamblers who come here to live because they had such a good time that one time on there "trip to vegas" only to realize there is a living breathing community here.... I really would love to know what made you all so miserable as a group... Because I want to be sure not to make those same mistakes in life... Oh and BTW I am very well traveled, I have seen probably every major city in this country and found out on very true fact... The grass really is not any greener any where else... and yes I know we live in a desert...
But yeah your right I know absolutely nothing about those areas.... And isn't that a river in Egypt...
Coincidentally, aren't those areas where the "reds" & "blues" have taken over after their migration from Cali?
Read deeper into the article by following the links and you will find the citywide violent crime ratio: "Chance of being a victim in this city: 1 in 5"
EVERYONE TAKE A DEEP BREATH!
OK, now, could it be that a fairly dangerous neighborhood that has pretty good police with pretty good response times might get more crimes called in to 9-1-1 than say a super bad neighborhood with lousy cops and lousy response times? Think about how these neighborhoods were picked - by law enforement agencies. In really bad neighborhoods people who are robbed or assaulted don't call the cops.
Someone in the comments mentioned New Orleans and Detroit and I have a real problem imagining a neighborhood in the Vegas valley as bad as places I've been in either of those two places. New Orleans feels like a 3rd world country and downtown Detroit give the word "blight" an even bleeker meaning.
NLV is even safer than it was in the 1980's. Cops will patrol any neighborhood nowadays. Not so back then. Ever heard of Gerson Park?
I don't believe this article is totally accurate. The neighborhood cited as No. 1 in Chicago isn't all that bad anymore; it is right near where the House of Michael was built, and when that happened, that whole area took an upwards turn to becoming "yuppified" since it is only 10 minutes west of the Loop. Whereas a southside Chicago neighborhood mentioned is further down on the list and it has always been known as a high crime area.
The ONLY area that I never felt safe in was driving down H Street, in broad daylight. The other areas I have had an opportunity to be in and never felt threatened or unsafe.
Didnat have that problem when Spilotro and the boys ran this town. Keep up the good work metro.
Chickenlittle - You know what? You're right. There are, without a doubt, ZERO bad neighborhoods in the entire Las Vegas valley. I don't know what I was thinking and I apologize for driving through that area on a daily basis and thinking what a piss poor neighborhood it was. It's actually beautiful!
It's good that you're not as paranoid as most of us and if you're suffice with trusting everyone everywhere, more power to you. I'll just sit here and pretend that a gang known as "28th Street" doesn't exist along with the Donna Street Crips and San Chucos, all of which exist in or near the neighborhoods mentioned in this article.
Most of the things you mentioned in your comment involved "driving" through certain areas which we ALL do and doesn't make you any more "courageous" than any of us. "Oh, I used to go to sizzler there and I wasn't scared at all." Well let me play the trumpet for your star spangled backside. Who cares. If you want to frequent those filthy restaurants that's your prerogative. I'll pass.
So you been around the nation? Gee golly, how exciting. I've been around the world and know of plenty of places that cater to families far better than Vegas does. People are not just complaining about bad neighborhoods, which I still think you're in denial about, but it's much more than that. The Vegas community is non existent. They're doing away with the Gift of Lights, no off-strip Amusement parks, no County Fairs, no water parks. Come on, Vegas is no place to raise a family especially in a city that attracts people who come here to party.
You can say other states don't have this and that benefit like Vegas does, but people are willing to move else ware despite the fact. I don't care if you've been to every city in America. If you really think the grass is greener in Vegas, what little grass it has, you really have seen nothing.
Yep! Take a look around Las Vegas. Your hood is next. Look at the HOA if it isn't active you are dead or soon will be. The truth being, do not blame the Home Owner Association. Blame the Management Company that controls your HOA. Most Management Companys are in bed with the lawyers. Lawyers write the laws, Management follow the laws and the HOA loses more of their freedoms to make decisions that can keep the skum bags off of your sidewalks, streets and property. I have an idea.....Make a law that "STOPS the SKUM BAGS from TAGGING YOUR FENCES" Ha, Ha, Ha.
Look at 28th street's area code (89101) on this crime map that LV Sun put on our homepages and compare it to other zips. This area is clearly unsafe compared to mine (89178) any most others in Vegas. Donna street is 89086 which I haven't looked at yet but I imagine the crime stats are much higher when compared to other parts of Vegas.
Actually there is no safe place to be anymore,, as you can be a victim anywhere at anytime in this town...
I live on 28th Street. It's great!
The police are really nice, too.
I talk to them all the time...as they come and go.