Crime statistics... We want 2 Buy an Apt!

[WyldRice]

What is the name of your state? MN

We wanted to find local crime statistics (easy- just look up the town)



...of a certain apartment complex we were looking to buy.
(not so easy to do on the internet, from what we've found!)

our town is 125,000+ people, streched over millions of acres, so local statistics do us no good!

We know there are "Bad Districts" and good ones... and we heard from friends at work, that this Apt had a lot of crime for the past 2 years,
but it's cleaned up its act (Supposedly)
...
most crime data out there is from '05 ... we need to know what's going on as of '06 +'07!


i figured You guys are the experts!
Let me know what you think of, Thanks!
God Bless!

 

[nextwife]

Figure out what police district it is in, then obtain crime reports specifically from that district.

 

[HomeGuru]

Talk directly with the beat cops.

 

[You Are Guilty]

Try googling for Minnesota's Freedom of Information Law or Sunshine Act (they probably have different names).
You can start your search here:
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stix/O/OP/open_meeting_law.html

 

[WyldRice]

Great Advice!

Can i recommend this site to all my friends?

(all 2 of them)

but seriously...
Thanks for the help again!

God Bless!

 

[FarmerJ]

125k people huh ? well Bloomington has a larger population than Mpls/saint paul but all 3 have community safe officers in the police dept who might be able to assist you . Other wise it sounds like you might be adding in surrounding areas to come up with that number ,even at that places like Duluth , Rochester, they too should have community safe progs that can assist you. Dont be fooled though Meth & Meth related crimes is a big problem in this states smaller communitys . It is way more common away from the cities than most want to believe.

 

[WyldRice]

125,000 ...OOPS! i see that was a bad guestimate!
i checked... it was only a little over 60,000!
just South of the cities!

(hope that narrows it down enough for you!)

 

[FarmerJ]

OOPS turned it around bloomington is after mpls n st paul in population size BUT any way sounds like your in the rochester area If so ask the Olmstead county Sherrifs dept if they have county wide stats or maybe local newspaper might have the info in archives

 

[HomeGuru]

A lot of non researched info up front.