august948 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 February 23, 2010Houston's safest neighborhood If you live around Highway 6 and Westheimer, your chances of becoming a victim of a crime are one in 833, making it the safest neighborhood in Houston. That's according to personal finance blog WalletPop.com, which partnered with NeighborhoodScout.com to determine the safest neighborhoods in the largest 50 cities. The Houston neighborhood, which can be seen here, is found within ZIP codes 77094, 77450, 77082. The rankings were based on FBI data as well as "exclusive neighborhood crime data" developed by NeighborhoodScout.com. Continue reading to see the complete list and read the methodology. The No. 1 Safest Neighborhood in Each of America's 50 Biggest Cities(The 50 largest U.S. cities are listed below in order of population size within the city limits. The #1 safest neighborhood in each city is shown. You can click on the neighborhood name for a neighborhood map and more details. The Crime Index indicates how safe that neighborhood is. 50 is average for America. 100 is safest among all neighborhoods in America.) City: New York, N.Y.Safest Neighborhood: (New York U Institute of Fine Arts / 5th Ave.)Crime Index: 96 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 625 City: Los Angeles, Calif.Safest Neighborhood: (Sesnon Blvd. / Tampa Ave.)Crime Index: 95 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 588 City: Chicago, Ill.Safest Neighborhood: (Bedford Park)Crime Index: 97 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 1,000City: Houston, TexasSafest Neighborhood: (Route 6 / Westheimer Rd.)Crime Index: 97 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 833 City: Phoenix, ArizonaSafest Neighborhood: (Parkview Estates)Crime Index: 91 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 294 City: Philadelphia, Pa.Safest Neighborhood: (Allens Ln. / Wissahickon Ave.)Crime Index: 85 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 182 City: San Antonio, TexasSafest Neighborhood: (Timberwood Park)Crime Index: 94 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 455 City: Dallas, TexasSafest Neighborhood: (Hillcrest Rd. / Alpha Rd.)Crime Index: 91 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 303 City: San Diego, Calif.Safest Neighborhood: (Carmel Mountain Rd. / Black Mountain Rd.)Crime Index: 97 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 769 City: San Jose, Calif.Safest Neighborhood: (English Town)Crime Index: 94 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 500 City: Detroit, Mich.Safest Neighborhood: (The Strand / Casino Way)Crime Index: 59 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 57 City: San Francisco, Calif.Safest Neighborhood: (Bay Shore Blvd. / Raymond Ave.)Crime Index: 84 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 164 City: Jacksonville, Fla.Safest Neighborhood: (Ortega Forest)Crime Index: 84 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 167 City: Indianapolis, Ind.Safest Neighborhood: (Meridian Hills/Williams Creek)Crime Index: 89 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 263 City: Austin, TexasSafest Neighborhood: (U.S. Route 290 / Farm-to-Market Rd. 1826)Crime Index: 96 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 714 City: Columbus, OhioSafest Neighborhood: (Marble Cliff)Crime Index: 94 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 476 City: Fort Worth, TexasSafest Neighborhood: (Haslet)Crime Index: 92 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 357 City: Charlotte, N.C.Safest Neighborhood: (Providence Rd. / Colville Rd.)Crime Index: 87 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 213 City: Memphis, Tenn.Safest Neighborhood: (Capleville)Crime Index: 84 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 172 City: Baltimore, Md.Safest Neighborhood: (Glendale / Glenmont)Crime Index: 91 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 323 City: Boston, Mass.Safest Neighborhood: (Washington St. / Rutherford Ave.)Crime Index: 81 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 141 City: El Paso, TexasSafest Neighborhood: (Horizon City)Crime Index: 88 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 238 City: Milwaukee, Wis.Safest Neighborhood: (Kinnickinnic River Pky / Cleveland Ave.)Crime Index: 82 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 147 City: Denver, Colo.Safest Neighborhood: (Twin Lakes)Crime Index: 92 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 333 City: Seattle, Wash.Safest Neighborhood: (Lavilla)Crime Index: 88 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 227 City: Nashville, Tenn.Safest Neighborhood: (Woodmont Blvd. / Hillsboro Pike)Crime Index: 73 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 92 City: Washington, D.C.Safest Neighborhood: (College of Preachers / Rock Crk & Potomac Pky)Crime Index: 93 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 370 City: Las Vegas, Nev.Safest Neighborhood: (Buffalo Dr. / Lake Mead Blvd.)Crime Index: 84 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 167 City: Portland, Ore.Safest Neighborhood: (Sylvan)Crime Index: 83 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 159 City: Louisville, Ky.Safest Neighborhood: (Shippingport Dr. / 27th St.)Crime Index: 99 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 5,000 City: Oklahoma City, Okla.Safest Neighborhood: (119th St. / Portland Ave.)Crime Index: 81 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 141 City: Tucscon, Ariz.Safest Neighborhood: (Willow Canyon / Soldier Camp)Crime Index: 90 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 270 City: Atlanta, Ga.Safest Neighborhood: (Spalding Dr. / Jett Ferry Rd.)Crime Index: 94 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 435 City: Albequerque, N.M.Safest Neighborhood: (Paseo del Norte Blvd. / Browning St.)Crime Index: 90 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 286 City: Kansas City, Mo.Safest Neighborhood: (Parkville / Park College)Crime Index: 90 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 270 City: Fresno, Calif.Safest Neighborhood: (Raisin City)Crime Index: 99 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 5,000 City: Sacremento, Calif.Safest Neighborhood: (Laguna / Cosumnes River College)Crime Index: 92 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 333 City: Long Beach, Calif.Safest Neighborhood: (Arlington College / Studebaker Rd.)Crime Index: 88 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 238 City: Mesa, Ariz.Safest Neighborhood: (Rancho de Arboleda / Mesa Grande Trailer Ranch)Crime Index: 91 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 323 City: Omaha, Neb.Safest Neighborhood: (Q St. / 144th St.)Crime Index: 95 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 588 City: Cleveland, OhioSafest Neighborhood: (Rocky River Dr. / Edgecliff Ave.)Crime Index: 83 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 159 City: Virginia Beach, Va.Safest Neighborhood: (Forest Hills / Great Neck Manor)Crime Index: 93 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 385 City: Miami, Fla.Safest Neighborhood: (Tamiami)Crime Index: 93 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 370 City: Oakland, Calif.Safest Neighborhood: (Leimert Blvd. / Monterey Blvd.)Crime Index: 87 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 204 City: Raleigh, N.C.Safest Neighborhood: (Six Forks)Crime Index: 91 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 313 City: Tulsa, Okla.Safest Neighborhood: (Sheridian Rd. / 111th St.)Crime Index: 91 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 313 City: Minneapolis, Minn.Safest Neighborhood: (Route 5 / Glumack Dr.)Crime Index: 98 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 1,429City: Colorado Springs, Colo.Safest Neighborhood: (Broadmoor)Crime Index: 90 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 278 City: Honolulu, HawaiiSafest Neighborhood: (Kalanianaole Hwy / Kealahou St.)Crime Index: 86 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 192 City: Arlington, TexasSafest Neighborhood: (Lindberg)Crime Index: 86 Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 200 MethodologyLocation, Inc. offers the most detailed national database of neighborhood crime statistics available today. Most city and town crime data are incomplete and inaccurate because crimes are reported by individual law enforcement agencies (municipal, university, county, etc.), rather than by city or town, and many cities have more than one agency responsible for law enforcement. Even FBI data are reported by agency not by city or town. But Location, Inc. collects data from all 17,000 local law enforcement agencies in America, and uses a special approach to assign reported crimes from each agency to the city or town where they occurred. Our method provides an accurate representation of the complete number and types of crimes that truly occur within any city or town. With this accurate foundation, Location, Inc. uses more than eighteen proprietary computer models developed by its expert analysts to statistically estimate the number of violent crimes and property crimes for every neighborhood in the U.S. - creating a national database of accurate neighborhood crime statistics and crime risk. Our crime data cover every one of the 61,000 neighborhoods in America (sub zip code), and every one of the 14,464 cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and hamlets in the U.S. No piece of land in America is without detailed crime statistics. For this study to identify the safest neighborhood in each of America's largest cities, the crimes included in the analysis were both violent crimes and property crimes from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, armed robbery, aggravated assault, burglary (breaking and entering, including breaking into private homes), motor vehicle theft, and regular theft (larceny over $50). Based on multiple years of data, and predicted to the individual neighborhood level by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive crime models, we identify the No. 1 safest neighborhood in each large city where your risk of becoming a victim of a crime is lowest. The rating is based on the predicted number of violent and property crimes in the neighborhood per 1,000 population of the neighborhood. The data are averaged across the most recent three years of non-preliminary (final) data from the FBI. This moving three-year window helps stabilize data where a single year could be uncharacteristically high or low, providing a more accurate risk assessment. Note that very recent changes in a neighborhood may not be reflected in our findings, as we use non-preliminary data in our models that take a year to be released. Posted by Nancy Sarnoff at February 23, 2010 02:47 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Am I reading that right? Hwy 6 and Westheimer is the safest area in Houston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahiki Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) If you look at the map they link to, the area they are talking about is about 2/3 park and 1/3 actually residential. So if they're figuring out crime per square mile (I don't know if that's how they do it) it's going to be low.That said, I know there are some very nice neighborhoods around there.edit: just read the blurb more carefully; they do it by population, not square mile. Edited February 24, 2010 by sarahiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) Am I reading that right? Hwy 6 and Westheimer is the safest area in Houston? I guess the word "in" is now relative. Edit: Also, anyone think it's a bit scary that in the safest neighborhood in Detroit, you have a 1 in 57 chance of being a crime victim each year? The worst neighborhood must be even money. Edited February 24, 2010 by AtticaFlinch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Well, the park has a shooting range. That's pretty safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I guess the word "in" is now relative.No, it's a fairly absolute term. The area is within the city limits of the City of Houston. Since that's how police jurisdictions are demarcated, it is nothing if not a consistent measure, at least.Still, I agree that these data are not especially useful on account of that political boundaries are irregular and frequently senseless. On a certain level, if Houston didn't have among the safest neighborhoods in the country, I would've been surprised. We just encompass so much land area that surely there has to be a safe spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 No, it's a fairly absolute term. The area is within the city limits of the City of Houston. Since that's how police jurisdictions are demarcated, it is nothing if not a consistent measure, at least.Still, I agree that these data are not especially useful on account of that political boundaries are irregular and frequently senseless. On a certain level, if Houston didn't have among the safest neighborhoods in the country, I would've been surprised. We just encompass so much land area that surely there has to be a safe spot.The city of Juneau, Alaska covers over 3,000 square miles to support a population of around 30,000 people. The city limits include sheer mountains and glacier fields where it may be possible for only a house or two to stand for several miles in any direction. If no crime occurs in those houses, is it then reasonable to say Juneau contains the 100 percent safest neighborhood in the US? You know, besides the crippling meth problems and rampant pedophilia plaguing the rest of the residents in the city, the ones who actually live in or near the city core? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 The city of Juneau, Alaska covers over 3,000 square miles to support a population of around 30,000 people. The city limits include sheer mountains and glacier fields where it may be possible for only a house or two to stand for several miles in any direction. If no crime occurs in those houses, is it then reasonable to say Juneau contains the 100 percent safest neighborhood in the US? You know, besides the crippling meth problems and rampant pedophilia plaguing the rest of the residents in the city, the ones who actually live in or near the city core?I would suspect that this data are limited to what might be considered "major" cities. ...or it could be flawed. There are lots of stupid pseudo-urbanists out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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