North Minneapolis Crime Rate Drops 17%

Numbers were recently released that show that violent crime in Minneapolis and specifically North Minneapolis dropped 14% and 17% respectively. As much as I would like to attribute all of that to good investors and good landlords buying North Minneapolis properties to clean up the foreclosure mess, I don’t think we can claim complete credit. But I do believe it helps!

Read the full KARE 11 article here.

3 comments

#1Bob LarsenJuly 25, 2008, 8:58 pm

I read a disturbing article regarding the movement of urban crime today. The article appears in this months Atlantic Monthly at Atlantic.com http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/memphis-crime/4
If you choose to read the article you will be left wondering, “Where did the North Minneapolis crime go?”
I enjoy your blog, keep up the nice work.
Bob

#2Investment PropertyJuly 25, 2008, 11:58 pm

Hey Bob-
Thanks for the comment. Very interesting article. I am not sure where the North Minneapolis crime went. That is always the question I have.

When the neighborhoods band together and force out the criminals, I always wonder where the criminals go to live. Do they simply dilute into the rest of the areas or stop being criminals?

#3MN PropertiesDecember 1, 2008, 8:52 pm

Any idea where the crime numbers finished up for the summer versus previous years? With the down turn in the economy I suspect crime will go up.

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