3 Ways to Check Neighborhood Crime Before Renting

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It is hard to check neighborhood crime before renting a property, but everyone wants to live in a safe neighborhood. To solve this problem, three companies allow users to search their neighborhoods for criminal activity. They are SpotCrime, CrimeMapping.com, and LexisNexis.

SpotCrime allows users to easily look up city and county crime data and reports. In addition, users can search neighborhood statistics by using a specific address for their search.

SpotCrime check neighborhood crime before renting.
Services
  1. Map based criminal activity search
  2. Personal daily or weekly alerts
Source of Criminal Data
  1. Law Enforcement Agencies
  2. Verified News Reports
Coverage

United States and some other countries.

Search Criteria
  1. Place, address, city, zip
Price

FREE

See our Spotcrime video

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CrimeMapping.com provides the public updated information about recent criminal activity in neighborhoods.

crimemapping.com check neighborhood crime before renting.
Services
  1. Map based criminal activity search
  2. Personal alerts
Source of Criminal Data
  1. Law Enforcement Agencies
Coverage

United States

Search Criteria
  1. Place, address, city, zip
  2. Law Enforcement Agencies by State
Price

FREE

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LexisNexis’ public crime map is known as Community Crime Map. Similar to the other services, the map is designed to give the public a better idea of the crime activity in their area so they can make more informed decisions about how to stay safe.

Check neighborhood crime before renting. LexisNexis
Services
  1. Map based criminal activity search
  2. Personal alerts
Source of Criminal Data
  1. Law Enforcement Agencies
Coverage

United States

Search Criteria
  1. Address, city, zip
Price

FREE

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Other Providers

MyNeighborhoodUpdate.net
  • Limited coverage
MapNimbus.com
  • Limited coverage

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