(WTOL) - Crime is affecting some families in our area more than others, and now, a study of criminal activity in Toledo breaks it all down into specific neighborhoods.
Our special investigation covers where the worst areas are, how they influence the neighborhoods, and how quickly we could uncover the effects of that crime.
Numerous national media outlets like CBS, CNN, and The Wall Street Journal have used Neighbhoodscout.com in their own reports. As we looked at the Site's data, several areas of Toledo stood out. The overall crime index for Toledo is 3. 100 is considered the safest.
As far as crimes per square mile, the national average is about 40. In Ohio, it's 41. Toledo stands at 231.
Your chances of becoming a victim of a property crime in Toledo is 1 in 17. The site maps out these top 10 worst areas of Toledo for crime (in no particular order):
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">Western Ave/Curtis St.
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">Monroe St. & N. Erie
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">N. Detroit Ave & Lagrange
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">Buckeye St. & Champlain St.
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">Lagrange & Water St.
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">Air Line Junction (Nebraska & N. Detroit)
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">Richards Rd. & Dorr St.
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">Airport Hwy & S. Byrne Rd.
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">City Center (Bancroft & Robinwood area)
- id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: left;">Langrange St./Moore
We wanted to see how easy it would be to find people in these neighborhoods who are affected by crime. On our very first random stop, we found 10 year-old Dimitri Delgado. "I've seen a lot of crime," he told us while standing in front of his home on Delaware Street.
He told us crime is disturbing.
