And this goes back to basic college/high school report references. Newsnet5 didnt provide a source for their info did they? They highlight 1451 police officers, despite 120+ were laid off in may and not brought back in significant numbers until December. I m willing to bet that newsnet5 wrote that article in the 5 minutes it took them to google Cleveland homicides and a single phone call to the CPD PR officer, who will most definitely skew the numbers as favorably as possible. Increased homicides after a mass police layoff doesnt really help the city or its politicians does it? Again, I was told in May that homicides were in single percentage increases, but facts speak louder than words.

Do you have any solid concrete evidence? I provided a link. You have been all speculation.

I can not provide a link. what i provide would be considered heresay in a court of law, however the facts of the matter support my claim. there is also an article on cleveland.com that addresses this issue. i am on a google tv and dont know how to copy and paste sorry. my point is just that newsnet5 is not neccessarily the final word on the matter, and theres a good chance they wont even be reporting the crime to begin with. listen to the cpd scanner and listen to all the shots fired/robbery/gunshot wound calls that go out to police cars and how many u read about the next day in the news, compared to frequency, its rare.

 

I can not provide a link. what i provide would be considered heresay in a court of law, however the facts of the matter support my claim. there is also an article on cleveland.com that addresses this issue. i am on a google tv and dont know how to copy and paste sorry. my point is just that newsnet5 is not neccessarily the final word on the matter, and theres a good chance they wont even be reporting the crime to begin with. listen to the cpd scanner and listen to all the shots fired/robbery/gunshot wound calls that go out to police cars and how many u read about the next day in the news, compared to frequency, its rare.

 

 

This is a certainty--from the CPD officers I know and hang out with, many of their calls go unreported because they'd spend their entire shifts doing paperwork.  There may be much different data from 911 calls and actual response reports.

The city's overall homicide trend has been sharply downward over the past couple decades, both in absolute and per capita terms.  Is the west side safer now too, or is it that the East Side is now so dramatically safer than 20 years ago that it drives the whole trend?  I haven't seen the long term homicide trend broken out by E/W sides, so curious what people think.  I know homicide rates are not great measure of "safety," but they do seem to be the easiest data to pull down.

An argument can be made that homicide rate is some of the better data for judging safety (statistically); the reporting rate is pretty close to 100%.  Not so with assaults, robbery, or sex crimes.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/vigil_today_for_man_killed_at.html

 

Echoes of the Damon Wells case.  Holding a "vigil" for someone who initiated a threat to someone else with a gun, and ended up losing the ensuing gun battle, *on the site of said battle*, can't lead anywhere good.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/vigil_today_for_man_killed_at.html

 

Echoes of the Damon Wells case.  Holding a "vigil" for someone who initiated a threat to someone else with a gun, and ended up losing the ensuing gun battle, *on the site of said battle*, can't lead anywhere good.

 

Was thinking the exact same thing.  I wonder what happened at the vigil on Friday?

I actaully agree with nearly all of the comments on Cleveland.com

Cleveland's West Park homes targeted by burglars

Published: Friday, January 20, 2012, 12:06 PM

  By Ken Prendergast, Sun News

 

CLEVELAND - Police have a number of leads after a rash of home burglaries throughout the West Side in recent weeks. The burglaries may be the result of the same criminals, owing to the similarity of the crimes.

 

Witnesses reported two or three men working together. The suspects are white and sometimes wear hooded sweatshirts. One sits in a vehicle parked on the street, possibly a black sport utility vehicle, according to police reports.

 

Usually in the late afternoon or early evening of a weekday, two men approach a house and knock on the back door. If someone answers, they claim they are seeking home-repair work, but they are not wearing tradesman uniforms. If nobody answers the door, they kick it open and burglarize the house, witnesses said.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.cleveland.com/sunpostherald/index.ssf/2012/01/clevelands_west_park_homes_tar.html

I was at a meeting last week for Detroit Shoreway Block club leaders - every single one reported a sharp increase recently in thefts & break-ins over what they'd had in the last few years.  I wouldn't blame it on the economy or lack of police presence, but there is definitely something going on causing this recent increase.

 

More of the same, albeit drug related: "Three men robbed & shot Tuesday on Cleveland's West Side"

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/3_men_robbed_shot_tuesday_on_c.html

I was at a meeting last week for Detroit Shoreway Block club leaders - every single one reported a sharp increase recently in thefts & break-ins over what they'd had in the last few years.  I wouldn't blame it on the economy or lack of police presence, but there is definitely something going on causing this recent increase.

 

More of the same, albeit drug related: "Three men robbed & shot Tuesday on Cleveland's West Side"

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/3_men_robbed_shot_tuesday_on_c.html

 

It seems the area around Denison in the 7000s has been particularly "active" lately.

I was at a meeting last week for Detroit Shoreway Block club leaders - every single one reported a sharp increase recently in thefts & break-ins over what they'd had in the last few years.  I wouldn't blame it on the economy or lack of police presence, but there is definitely something going on causing this recent increase.

 

More of the same, albeit drug related: "Three men robbed & shot Tuesday on Cleveland's West Side"

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/3_men_robbed_shot_tuesday_on_c.html

 

It seems the area around Denison in the 7000s has been particularly "active" lately.

 

Yeah its a shame whats been happening to the west side.

 

All three incidents the victoms were shot in the legs...  Must be connected. 

 

At least they got one of the perpetrators.  "What you got? What you got?"  say no more.   

I was at a meeting last week for Detroit Shoreway Block club leaders - every single one reported a sharp increase recently in thefts & break-ins over what they'd had in the last few years.  I wouldn't blame it on the economy or lack of police presence, but there is definitely something going on causing this recent increase.

 

More of the same, albeit drug related: "Three men robbed & shot Tuesday on Cleveland's West Side"

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/3_men_robbed_shot_tuesday_on_c.html

 

It seems the area around Denison in the 7000s has been particularly "active" lately.

 

Yeah its a shame whats been happening to the west side.

 

All three incidents the victoms were shot in the legs...  Must be connected. 

 

At least they got one of the perpetrators.  "What you got? What you got?"  say no more.   

 

We were just discussing Brooklyn's oddball laws (first seat belt and cell phone laws in the nation).  I'm guessing the real reason for those has always been to be able to pull people over.  It's a fact that crime in Brooklyn is slightly above the national average, even though some high crime parts of Cleveland adjoin it.

Cleveland Police investigating fatal shooting at downtown bar

CLEVELAND - Cleveland Police are looking for answers after a man dies after a fight at a bar Sunday.

Police were called to Tevo Bar at 815 Rockwell Avenue for a man shot early Sunday morning.

 

Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland-police-investigating-fatal-shooting-at-downtown-bar#ixzz1mqz0ZJrE

ive never even heard of this place.  Is it above the CVS?

No, it's the spot in the north side of the Superior Building, next to the 'greenspace' north of the Hampton Inn. It changes names/themes regularly.

It's only been open for six months. I'm not 100 percent sure where it's located.

It's on the side of the Hampton Inn - it faces Rockwell - CVS is across the street.

Ok, according to the Plain Dealer, and if I am counting wrong, there was a shooting downtown that resulted in a death, a mother and son were killed, a body was found in the back of a jeep, and two men were found dead in a house.  Within the last 24 hours there have been 6 deaths!  Cleveland is the new Ciudad Juarez!  A city with 396,000 with this kind of a murder rate, pathetic!

 

How many murders is Cleveland sitting at?  It's only February.

Ok, according to the Plain Dealer, and if I am counting wrong, there was a shooting downtown that resulted in a death, a mother and son were killed, a body was found in the back of a jeep, and two men were found dead in a house.  Within the last 24 hours there have been 6 deaths!  Cleveland is the new Ciudad Juarez!  A city with 396,000 with this kind of a murder rate, pathetic!

 

How many murders is Cleveland sitting at?  It's only February.

 

Each year there are always a couple of dates where you see a spike. Then three weeks go by and you see nothing. Not that deaths should be taken lightly, but there are also outlying situations like these that stand out. Things even out over the year. Each year, Cleveland homicide years keep trending down.

7 if you include the guy that abducted the mother and son, although that will likely be classified as a suicide.  Its certainly not encouraging. 

 

Ok, according to the Plain Dealer, and if I am counting wrong, there was a shooting downtown that resulted in a death, a mother and son were killed, a body was found in the back of a jeep, and two men were found dead in a house.  Within the last 24 hours there have been 6 deaths!  Cleveland is the new Ciudad Juarez!  A city with 396,000 with this kind of a murder rate, pathetic!

 

How many murders is Cleveland sitting at?  It's only February.

 

In the early 70s, Cleveland was averaging a murder a day. Today it's a relatively peaceful city. My oldest brother was an armed security guard for East Ohio Gas in the early 70s after he served in Vietnam. Why was he an armed security guard? Because when East Ohio sent out crews to shut off the gas for nonpayment, they would often get shot at. My brother was shot at "many times", held at gunpoint, knifepoint, chased and surrounded. Today he lives in a small town in western Ohio. Last Labor Day, he was in town for a wedding at a University Circle church. He brought his huge SUV to Cleveland to defend himself better (he also had a gun, but he always keeps a gun). I rode with my brother and his wife down Euclid -- the first time he'd been on Euclid in almost 40 years. He was shocked at how clean everything was, that there were students out socializing near CSU, that young white women were waiting alone for buses, that so many people were out and about, that Cleveland Clinic was so modern and large, and much more.

 

Granted there are parts of the city that are war-zones like the Cleveland he remembers. But back then, if he says if you were a young, clean-cut man in a nice car driving down a main street like Euclid, Superior, East 55th or East 105th and you stopped at a traffic light with locals standing around, they would surround your car. If you were lucky, they would only threaten you. If you weren't lucky, they would smash out your windows, haul you out and take your car. It may be hard for some young people to believe it today. But it was hard for my brother to believe how much quieter and more peaceful Cleveland has become.

Ok, according to the Plain Dealer, and if I am counting wrong, there was a shooting downtown that resulted in a death, a mother and son were killed, a body was found in the back of a jeep, and two men were found dead in a house.  Within the last 24 hours there have been 6 deaths!  Cleveland is the new Ciudad Juarez!  A city with 396,000 with this kind of a murder rate, pathetic!

 

How many murders is Cleveland sitting at?  It's only February.

 

In the early 70s, Cleveland was averaging a murder a day. Today it's a relatively peaceful city. My oldest brother was an armed security guard for East Ohio Gas in the early 70s after he served in Vietnam. Why was he an armed security guard? Because when East Ohio sent out crews to shut off the gas for nonpayment, they would often get shot at. My brother was shot at "many times", held at gunpoint, knifepoint, chased and surrounded. Today he lives in a small town in western Ohio. Last Labor Day, he was in town for a wedding at a University Circle church. He brought his huge SUV to Cleveland to defend himself better (he also had a gun, but he always keeps a gun). I rode with my brother and his wife down Euclid -- the first time he'd been on Euclid in almost 40 years. He was shocked at how clean everything was, that there were students out socializing near CSU, that young white women were waiting alone for buses, that so many people were out and about, that Cleveland Clinic was so modern and large, and much more.

 

Granted there are parts of the city that are war-zones like the Cleveland he remembers. But back then, if he says if you were a young, clean-cut man in a nice car driving down a main street like Euclid, Superior, East 55th or East 105th and you stopped at a traffic light with locals standing around, they would surround your car. If you were lucky, they would only threaten you. If you weren't lucky, they would smash out your windows, haul you out and take your car. It may be hard for some young people to believe it today. But it was hard for my brother to believe how much quieter and more peaceful Cleveland has become.

 

I certainly believe it.  When I went to CSU, I had no fears at all walking around downtown or over to Asiatown to get something good to eat.  People would think I was crazy, but people had no clue how safe it was.  Being an urban studies major, I had a major interest in the city and neighborhoods, so walking around checking everything out didn't bother me.  I just get frustrated to see so many murders happen in such a short time because I know how far Cleveland has come, and how far it is planning to go.  Stuff like this only holds it back. 

 

Anyway, here is an article from this violent past weekend.  According to the article, before this weekend, Cleveland had 5 murders. 

 

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/cleveland-police-urge-residents-to-come-forward-with-details-about-weekend-murders

 

 

Ok, according to the Plain Dealer, and if I am counting wrong, there was a shooting downtown that resulted in a death, a mother and son were killed, a body was found in the back of a jeep, and two men were found dead in a house.  Within the last 24 hours there have been 6 deaths!  Cleveland is the new Ciudad Juarez!  A city with 396,000 with this kind of a murder rate, pathetic!

 

How many murders is Cleveland sitting at?  It's only February.

 

In the early 70s, Cleveland was averaging a murder a day. Today it's a relatively peaceful city. My oldest brother was an armed security guard for East Ohio Gas in the early 70s after he served in Vietnam. Why was he an armed security guard? Because when East Ohio sent out crews to shut off the gas for nonpayment, they would often get shot at. My brother was shot at "many times", held at gunpoint, knifepoint, chased and surrounded. Today he lives in a small town in western Ohio. Last Labor Day, he was in town for a wedding at a University Circle church. He brought his huge SUV to Cleveland to defend himself better (he also had a gun, but he always keeps a gun). I rode with my brother and his wife down Euclid -- the first time he'd been on Euclid in almost 40 years. He was shocked at how clean everything was, that there were students out socializing near CSU, that young white women were waiting alone for buses, that so many people were out and about, that Cleveland Clinic was so modern and large, and much more.

 

Granted there are parts of the city that are war-zones like the Cleveland he remembers. But back then, if he says if you were a young, clean-cut man in a nice car driving down a main street like Euclid, Superior, East 55th or East 105th and you stopped at a traffic light with locals standing around, they would surround your car. If you were lucky, they would only threaten you. If you weren't lucky, they would smash out your windows, haul you out and take your car. It may be hard for some young people to believe it today. But it was hard for my brother to believe how much quieter and more peaceful Cleveland has become.

 

I recall that the "tipping point" as far as downtown went was the Carter-Reagan debate in 1980.  Obviously, downtown was cleaned up and "safened" up for this event, the only debate in what everyone knew even then was going to be a watershed election.  People looked around and said "this is really nice, let's keep it like this". 

 

While it didn't *quite* happen, things got much better (new development helped, but this may have been effect as much as cause), and the attitude spread towards other key parts of the city, particularly the University Circle - Clinic area.

Pains me to note, but a cast member of a show at PlayhouseSquare tweeted that a crew member was "jumped" last night... and another show's cast member's recommended, when giving advice to the former on what to do when in Cleveland, was to travel "in groups."... not where to eat, etc.... All this found via Twitter link from PlayhouseSquare that was meant to be positive. Ughh....

 

This isnt the first time (Chorus Line cast group mugging, etc...). I thought PHS was offering security for cast members, most of whom usually stay at Reserve Square, which is a dicey few blocks away. (No mention of where incident above took place... )

 

Cleveland is one of the top touring Broadway townz, but I know word is out in theater world it is unsafe. that is a big black eye for an area that's otherwise a big success. Shame. Wonder how this problem in area gets fixed? And will casino and convention center only invite more issues, in more traveled areas....?

That corridor from PHS to Reserve is wrought with peril....hopefully once CSU moves in that will help, as would more well lit terrain

If the Cleveland Police department had a handful of police on foot at all times downtown most safety problems would be solved.  You get a much better feel for potential risks when walking around rather than sitting in a police car.

I like cops walking the beat, but to me there's few things more urban than having the mounted police!

 

I like cops walking the beat, but to me there's few things more urban than having the mounted police!

 

 

Agreed, and they're also great at quelling disturbances that are brewing but not yet violent.

 

Was the modell on the curb intended to be in this picture, or simply a different type of photobombing?

Pregnant woman robbed, kidnapped at Steelyard Commons

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -

Cleveland Police were called out to Steelyard Drive near downtown Cleveland for a woman locked in the trunk of her car.

 

Officers received the call around 4PM Sunday to respond to the area of Quigley and Clark Avenue after an anonymous pedestrian walked by a vehicle and overheard screams for help. Officers arrived on scene and walked over the vehicle and knocked on the hood. The woman inside the trunk knocked back.

 

Officers broke open the driver's side window and opened up the car, hitting the trunk release. Inside the trunk, officers located the 23-year-old victim, who was still conscious and breathing. Cleveland Police called EMS and transported the 13-week pregnant victim to MetroHealth Medical Center.

 

http://www.woio.com/story/17306063/shopper-hears-woman-screaming-from-car-trunk-calls-police

If the Cleveland Police department had a handful of police on foot at all times downtown most safety problems would be solved.  You get a much better feel for potential risks when walking around rather than sitting in a police car.

 

Sorry but it's so much more complicated than your simplistic suggestion.  I was living in Detroit when they tried to implement such a program - it was modestly successful, but the officers were constantly getting pulled away for larger issues.  Being in a patrol car gives them access to laptops with much more info available than the radio provides.  Also allows them to respond quickly to a variety of calls and cover much more ground.

 

Having 1 or 2 officers "walking the beat" sounds great for getting to know residents and preventing issues from becoming problems, but we don't have the density or the staff on hand to justify officers walking around an area

Was the modell on the curb intended to be in this picture, or simply a different type of photobombing?

 

The modell?? Wow, time to turn the page don't ya think? And no, that "present" was put there by the horse, not by my Photoshop skills. :)

Was the modell on the curb intended to be in this picture, or simply a different type of photobombing?

 

The modell?? Wow, time to turn the page don't ya think? And no, that "present" was put there by the horse, not by my Photoshop skills. :)

 

"Modell"?  Baaaahaahaaa 

I just learned that crime in Cincinnati is definitely on the rise.  I've read a few posts in this current thread and it appears as though crime in Cleveland is trending downwards.  Is this the general consensus of the people that live in Cleveland that post on this board?  Are their any city neighborhoods that are seeing a sudden spike in crime?

It seems with Cleveland, the crime has mostly spread to other areas/inner ring suburbs (somewhat similar to DC's crime reduction by way of moving it to PG county) with there being an important distinction of DC increaing and replacing with an educated/working population, where Cleveland has gone more hand in hand with the decrease in population. 

Also what has happened is crime has somewhat decreased in the worst/most abandoned neighborhoods, and increased in many previously stable neighborhoods, with a few bright spots where there has been a bit of repopulation and reconstruction thus making these areas somewhat functional again. 

Its really a mixed bag when trying to look at these things.  Many years of decline, loss of middle class and people with means moving further out has contributed to an overall negative trend.  But there are certainly plenty of bright spots, you just have to weigh to what extent they make up for the losses.             

I called this one at about 8:30am today - something just didn't sound right. Oh, and did she know the robbers? Sure did - the guy was her drug dealer!  :roll:

 

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/police-kidnapping-carjacking-at-steelyard-commons-was-a-hoax

 

 

I just learned that crime in Cincinnati is definitely on the rise.  I've read a few posts in this current thread and it appears as though crime in Cleveland is trending downwards.  Is this the general consensus of the people that live in Cleveland that post on this board?  Are their any city neighborhoods that are seeing a sudden spike in crime?

 

It is? Do you mean in Price Hill (and/or other select neighborhood(s)) or the city as a whole?

 

^^

from the moment I heard it didn't make sense.

Surprised it made it to UrbanOhio

I just learned that crime in Cincinnati is definitely on the rise.  I've read a few posts in this current thread and it appears as though crime in Cleveland is trending downwards.  Is this the general consensus of the people that live in Cleveland that post on this board?  Are their any city neighborhoods that are seeing a sudden spike in crime?

 

It is? Do you mean in Price Hill (and/or other select neighborhood(s)) or the city as a whole?

 

Both, according to a detailed report in the Enquirer.  A few city neighborhoods have seen a decline in crime overall, but most are up over a ten year period and some shockingly enough, in double digits.

 

I was wondering if Cleveland was seeing the same kind of spike in some of its neighborhoods as well.  So far, one response that seems to indicate a mixed bag through out the city.

At least as far as reported crime, it looks like crime rates are staying at about the same level,  maybe some moderate decreases, actually. I did a basic analysis a couple months back through NEOCANDO on total crime rates in the city of Cleveland between 2008 and 2010 (most recent years available; keep in mind that this includes everything from murder, rape and arson down to drunk and disorderly, vandalism, etc.).

 

2008, Total Crimes: 65,958

2009, Total Crimes: 63,816

2010, Total Crimes: 62,602

 

2008, Crimes per 100,000 residents: 15,964.9

2009, Crimes per 100,000 residents: 15,757.56

2010, Crimes per 100,000 residents: 15,775.56

 

Of course, rates are not universal across the city. Some places are showing marked decreases. Cleveland's "most dangerous neighborhood", Downtown (not really ... the per capita numbers are wildly inflated because they're based solely on number of residents, not workers, visitors, etc.) saw a 23.0% drop in crime rates between 2008 and 2010 (that's pretty staggering!). Asiatown, with the second highest crime rate (again, largely due to only counting residents and not thousands of workers), saw a 15.1% drop in crime over the same two years. Buckeye-Shaker (6th lowest crime rate) saw an 11.7% drop.

 

Old Brooklyn saw a dramatic increase in crime rates, 26.4% over those two years. This is BY FAR the biggest neighborhood-level spike, but it's still undoubtedly a very safe neighborhood. As of 2010, it had the 3rd lowest crime rate of Cleveland's 36 neighborhoods. Even with that big uptick in reported crimes, Old Brooklyn logged 9,384.86 crimes per 100,000 residents; for comparison's sake, Ohio City's rate was 19,910.98, more than twice as high ... and after a 6.1% decrease in crime rates between 2008 and 2010.

 

Also high on the "spike list" ... Fairfax (5th highest crime rate) saw a 15.1% increase in crime rates. Central (6th highest crime rate) saw a 14.1% increase.

 

All in all, though, it looks like crime numbers look like they haven't changed all that much, at least as of 2010. Will have to see if this trend remains true in 2011 and 2012. And if I was DCA, I'd be selling the hell out of the crime rate drop downtown :)

What the hell? Here's the full ranking :)

 

Difference in Crime Rates in Cleveland Neighborhoods, 2008 - 2010

*Numbers in parentheses are where they rank in terms of total crimes per capita; lower the number, the lower the crime rate in relationship to other Cleveland neighborhoods.

 

Drops in Crime

 

Downtown (36), -23.0%

Goodrich-Kirtland (aka Asiatown) (35), -15.1%

Buckeye-Shaker (6), -11.7%

South Collinwood (29), -11.0%

Industrial Valley (16), -10.2%

Forest Hills (20), -9.4%

North Collinwood (10), -8.9%

University (9), -8.1%

North Broadway (33), -7.4%

Riverside (2), -7.2%

Glenville (27), -7.0%

Jefferson (7), -6.8%

Cudell (24), -6.4%

Kinsman (34), -6.2%

Ohio City (28), -6.1%

South Broadway (19), -5.0%

St. Clair Superior (30), -4.4%

West Boulevard (8 ), -3.9%

Detroit Shoreway (22), -2.9%

Woodland Hills (23), -2.3%

Union-Miles (18), -1.5%

CITY AS A WHOLE, -1.2%

 

No Real Change in Crime

 

Corlett (14), -0.1%

Brooklyn Centre (13), 0.0%

Hough (26), 0.0%

Puritas-Longmead (4), 0.1%

 

Increases in Crime

 

Stockyards (21), 1.1%

Euclid-Green (12), 1.8%

Tremont (15), 4.1%

Mt. Pleasant (17), 4.3%

Kamms Corners (1), 4.6%

Edgewater (11), 4.7%

Lee-Miles (5), 7.9%

Clark-Fulton (25), 8.4%

Central (31), 14.1%

Fairfax (32), 15.1%

Old Brooklyn (3), 26.4%

One more way to look at the data, and then I swear I'll stop :)

 

- Considers neighborhoods "safe" when they're one of the 18 in the city with the lowest crime rates, as of 2010.

- Considers neighborhoods "unsafe" when they're one of the 18 with the highest crime rates.

- Considers neighborhoods getting safer when the crime rate decreased from 2008 to 2010.

- Considers neighborhoods getting less safe when the crime rate increased from 2008 to 2010.

- Considers neighborhoods staying the same when the crime rate stayed about the same between 2008 and 2010.

 

"Safe" Neighborhood, Getting Safer

 

Buckeye-Shaker (6), -11.7%

Industrial Valley (16), -10.2%

North Collinwood (10), -8.9%

University (9), -8.1%

Riverside (2), -7.2%

Jefferson (7), -6.8%

West Boulevard (8 ), -3.9%

Union-Miles (18), -1.5%

 

"Unsafe" Neighborhood, Getting Safer

 

Downtown (36), -23.0%

Goodrich-Kirtland (aka Asiatown) (35), -15.1%

South Collinwood (29), -11.0%

Forest Hills (20), -9.4%

North Broadway (33), -7.4%

Glenville (27), -7.0%

Cudell (24), -6.4%

Kinsman (34), -6.2%

Ohio City (28), -6.1%

South Broadway (19), -5.0%

St. Clair Superior (30), -4.4%

Detroit Shoreway (22), -2.9%

Woodland Hills (23), -2.3%

 

"Safe" Neighborhood, Staying the Same

 

Corlett (14), -0.1%

Brooklyn Centre (13), 0.0%

Puritas-Longmead (4), 0.1%

 

"Unsafe" Neighborhood, Staying the Same

 

Hough (26), 0.0%

 

"Safe" Neighborhood, Getting Less Safe

 

Old Brooklyn (3), 26.4%

Lee-Miles (5), 7.9%

Edgewater (11), 4.7%

Kamms Corners (1), 4.6%

Mt. Pleasant (17), 4.3%

Tremont (15), 4.1%

Euclid-Green (12), 1.8%

 

"Unsafe" Neighborhood, Getting Less Safe

 

Fairfax (32), 15.1%

Central (31), 14.1%

Clark-Fulton (25), 8.4%

Stockyards (21), 1.1%

Most of this info was posted previously.  But its seems hard to believe that crime in Cudell and West Blvd had gone down.  Most of what I think of the Cudell area has actually seemd to have gotten pretty bad, unless they have just merely bottomed out and gotten less bad that is. 

Or maybe, in some instances, increased crime does not automatically result from the 'demographic changes' with which you associate it.

No, it does (sorry there are only a few rare circumstances where it doesnt (and I can say this because that is what I do for a living)).  I was just looking at it wrong. 

One more way to look at the data, and then I swear I'll stop :)

 

- Considers neighborhoods "safe" when they're one of the 18 in the city with the lowest crime rates, as of 2010.

- Considers neighborhoods "unsafe" when they're one of the 18 with the highest crime rates.

- Considers neighborhoods getting safer when the crime rate decreased from 2008 to 2010.

- Considers neighborhoods getting less safe when the crime rate increased from 2008 to 2010.

- Considers neighborhoods staying the same when the crime rate stayed about the same between 2008 and 2010.

 

"Safe" Neighborhood, Getting Safer

 

Buckeye-Shaker (6), -11.7%

Industrial Valley (16), -10.2%

North Collinwood (10), -8.9%

University (9), -8.1%

Riverside (2), -7.2%

Jefferson (7), -6.8%

West Boulevard (8 ), -3.9%

Union-Miles (18), -1.5%

 

"Unsafe" Neighborhood, Getting Safer

 

Downtown (36), -23.0%

Goodrich-Kirtland (aka Asiatown) (35), -15.1%

South Collinwood (29), -11.0%

Forest Hills (20), -9.4%

North Broadway (33), -7.4%

Glenville (27), -7.0%

Cudell (24), -6.4%

Kinsman (34), -6.2%

Ohio City (28), -6.1%

South Broadway (19), -5.0%

St. Clair Superior (30), -4.4%

Detroit Shoreway (22), -2.9%

Woodland Hills (23), -2.3%

 

"Safe" Neighborhood, Staying the Same

 

Corlett (14), -0.1%

Brooklyn Centre (13), 0.0%

Puritas-Longmead (4), 0.1%

 

"Unsafe" Neighborhood, Staying the Same

 

Hough (26), 0.0%

 

"Safe" Neighborhood, Getting Less Safe

 

Old Brooklyn (3), 26.4%

Lee-Miles (5), 7.9%

Edgewater (11), 4.7%

Kamms Corners (1), 4.6%

Mt. Pleasant (17), 4.3%

Tremont (15), 4.1%

Euclid-Green (12), 1.8%

 

"Unsafe" Neighborhood, Getting Less Safe

 

Fairfax (32), 15.1%

Central (31), 14.1%

Clark-Fulton (25), 8.4%

Stockyards (21), 1.1%

 

Great information!

No, it does (sorry there are only a few rare circumstances where it doesnt (and I can say this because that is what I do for a living)).  I was just looking at it wrong. 

 

I wonder if Stockyards/Clark-Fulton is a victim of this.  With Steelyard commons being there, the thefts reported (like Beachwood mall) make the stats questionable?  Just asking.

I believe Steelyard would end up either in the Tremont, Industrial Valley, or South Broadway SPA.  It's hard to tell by the SPA map.

I believe Steelyard would end up either in the Tremont, Industrial Valley, or South Broadway SPA.  It's hard to tell by the SPA map.

 

Thanks, I not good with the neighborhood borders over there. 

I'm almost positive that Steelyard falls into the Tremont SPA. Clark-Fulton is a little to the west ... roughly bound by Clark, Scranton, I-71 and W. 49th Street. Stockyards is the next SPA to the west of that ... roughly Clark to I-71, W. 49th to W. 73rd / Ridge Road.