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Originally Posted by villages07
K-9.... thanks for that site; interesting, but, I'm not sure how credible. If you read the fine print it says it goes back 7 years. I find some of the assault, larceny, burglary figures for 32162 a bit difficult to believe. For grins, I put in a zip code for a not so nice area close to Washington DC and The Villages was very close to this other zip for assault, burglary, property crime.... ain't no way. The other zip had a murder rate index of 375 compared to the national 100 index...to give you an idea of how bad it was.
I think the 32162 zip has developed so much in the past 7 years that the numbers are skewed or just plain wrong.
Regardless, the basic message in this thread is lock your doors, be wary of suspicious behavior, and report intruders to the police.
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Villages 07: I checked a couple of other sites. They can't all be wrong. Most of these sites base their research on information from police and sheriff sources. Here are two more sites quoting high crime in TV. The first source is CNN, the second is Trulia, a real estate search site. Even if the crime rate is high in TV, that shouldn't keep us from believing it is the best retirement community available . . . because it is! It just makes sense that with the poorer areas immediately outside of TV boundaries, coupled with those communities' perceptions of an elderly, wealthy and vulnerable population, crime against TV residents is the result. We should all be aware and beware, while enjoying the amenities, good neighbors, and good times.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/money...PL1271625.html
http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Th...ommunity-info/