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Originally Posted by buggyone
I would challenge anyone to find a safer community of approximately 100,000 residents that is safer than The Villages. Please cite your sources or provide links.
What is the worst crime you know of personally in The Villages? Did it occur because of outsiders in The Villages or was it an issue in The Villages? When did this crime occur?
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Well..... according to the following site:
The Villages crime rates and statistics - NeighborhoodScout
there have been 60 violent crimes in the last year. How many of these were you aware of?
The site states that although we have an overall low crime rate, we have a violent crime rate comparable to other cities of our size. Interesting information. "Now let us turn to take a look at how The Villages does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in The Villages.
NeighborhoodScout's research shows that The Villages's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible (not statutory) rape, and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in The Villages is one in 857."
Now, in my opinion, it will get worse. Increased population, mostly elderly, will APPEAR as easy pickings to professional criminals.