[billethkid]

The crime rate incidence for a population approaching 145,000 is negligible.......yet is presented and discussed as a general condition.

The other 99% of us enjoy the comfort of what we bought into.

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[Gettingoutofdodge]

I moved to The Villages from Staten Island, NYC 18 months ago. For the first time in my life, I feel safe. I don’t have or need additional digital door locks, cameras and the fear of walking around after dark as I had in SI. I love it here. Being in the “Bubble” is safer than anywhere in NYC. Staten Island use to be safer than the other boroughs. Not so anymore. The criminals drive around at night, case the neighborhood, check your car to see if it was left unlocked and if it was, they took whatever they could. Crime is high and in Brooklyn it is much worse. It’s not uncommon to see a car on blocks because they stole your tires and rims. Is it perfect here, it is for me.

[lovebiking]

Move to a gated community (this never was one, guess you couldn't figure that out) and subscribe to publications where you can read about crime and accidents.

[Taltarzac725]

We have been here since 2005 and the various newspapers have reported maybe one murder involving a daughter of Villagers getting involved with drug dealers in Ocala. They invaded the Villagers home and killed the woman. And a few domestic violence cases that ended in murder/suicide.

There have been various employees stealing from their employers. Various golf cart thefts and a few burglaries. What was a chase after maybe a robbery of a country club restaurant. They got out helicopters. They being the media and maybe the police?

Caretakers stealing from their patients, etc. Maybe some criminal negligence in some nursing facilities, etc.

There was a standoff with a man with guns who had argued with his wife and created a barricade or something like that last year. SWAT came in.

Lots of golf cart gates having their pole knocked down. And some cars doing it for their gate poles.

A few meth labs being shut down.

Quite a lot of shoplifting I suppose.

A few bar fights and something recently that involved a shooting and a death but not sure what happened there.

Road rage instances in and near the Villages.

A number of car chases after people who fled from arrest. Seem to remember a number of these but they were often just outside the Villages.

A woman jumped off the golf cart bridge over 441/27 and was soon hit by traffic.

Melinda Duckett committed suicide after being harassed by the media over the disappearance of her son Trenton. The case is still open on what happened to Trenton.

Probably a typical week's worth of crime in NYC, Chicago, Miami, Orlando and DC has happened here in the Villages over the past eighteen years. We came in June of 2005.

[skippy05]

Call a realtor today to sell and then buy in a gated community. Ask about cobblestone in Belleview FL. No need for you to live unhappy.

[bsouthworth47@yahoo.com]

You knew what the gates situation was when you bought here so if it bothered you that much why did you move here? I lived in On Top Of The World in Ocala before moving here. They had 3 gates where everyone who was not a resident had to stop and say who they were seeing and the address. Guess what there was a murder in OTOW. No matter where you are you aren't 100% safe.

[graciegirl]

I so agree that this is a very safe place to live. Everyone I know who lives here with a very few exceptions have the easy to install surveillance camera's on their home for one thing, and I also do think that the constant driving around of The Villages Watch is a very good deterrent as well. All gates have cameras as well.

I also will mention as I have done so many times before, that a lot of these kinds of posts that "stir the pot" are full of half truths or no truth at all, and they are done by troublemakers who do not live here and may be envious of us Villagers.

[Heytubes]

Lol. I enjoy reading about the dumb criminals in TV. Usually a dui in a golf cart, children of elderly Villagers shoplifting or drugs, or a senile person arguing with a neighbor. If you want to have an early morning laugh just subscribe to the Villagenews.com.

[spinner1001]

Originally Posted by Full-timer

It is a shame that The Villages" cover up" all the crime and accidents going on.
So many people have no clue about what happens here.


This "gated community" is a joke. Any Tom, Dick, or Jane can walk right in anytime they want.

What would it take (and cost) to make it a real gated community, and would it help ?

6 years in, not the wonderful place it is claimed to be.

OP complains about multiple things in TV — especially between 700am and 900am.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...rchid=22698172

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I so agree that this is a very safe place to live. Everyone I know who lives here with a very few exceptions have the easy to install surveillance camera's on their home for one thing, and I also do think that the constant driving around of The Villages Watch is a very good deterrent as well. All gates have cameras as well.

I also will mention as I have done so many times before, that a lot of these kinds of posts that "stir the pot" are full of half truths or no truth at all, and they are done by troublemakers who do not live here and may be envious of us Villagers.

Hi Gracie.🙂

[Bill1701]

Originally Posted by Full-timer

It is a shame that The Villages" cover up" all the crime and accidents going on.
So many people have no clue about what happens here.


This "gated community" is a joke. Any Tom, Dick, or Jane can walk right in anytime they want.

What would it take (and cost) to make it a real gated community, and would it help ?

6 years in, not the wonderful place it is claimed to be.

The Villages never claimed to be a gated community. The gates are for traffic control only. The roads are all public so you can't restrict who drives on them.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Bill1701

The Villages never claimed to be a gated community. The gates are for traffic control only. The roads are all public so you can't restrict who drives on them.

This is an excerpt from "thevillages.com" website:

"The Villages offers many safety and security services including gated neighborhood entries ..."

It doesn't say anything about the gates being used for traffic control. Also, they still claim that The Villages has three movie theaters, which hasn't been true for years.

[ILLINOIS RAY]

Feel free to leave

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by djean1981

bye bye. Everyone knows that the gates are for traffic control.. Lol

not exactly. All plates are filmed as they enter and many intersections have cameras to locate the vehicles in question .
Bad guys know this too.

[LianneMigiano]

Originally Posted by Get real

So if the Villages "cover up" all this crime, how do you know about it?