How to Help Reduce Crime In Your Neighborhood
Do You Live in a High or Low Crime Neighborhood?
It is most likely you will know the answer to that question.
Many of us know before we move in if the neighborhood we are moving to is a relatively safe one, or not. However, some of us might have bought a home in a neighborhood a long time ago and this neighborhood was known as a safe neighborhood yet as time went by, this changed! Some neighborhoods took a dive after the last big recession in 2008 and never recovered. Other neighborhoods are simply overrun by gangs and the violence gangs bring with them.
In the Myrtle Beach area and on the Grand Strand, certain areas, towns and neighborhoods definitely have a higher crime rate than others.
But don’t be fooled by the word ‘safe’; even the ‘safest neighborhood‘ isn’t immune to crime!
Crime Happens Everywhere!
Yes.
Crime happens.
Crime happens everywhere.
Crime happens everywhere and you can’t always prevent it.
Yet sometimes you can prevent crime from happening or reduce the overall crime rate in your community and that’s what we’ll be talking about in this article.
Can I Really Help Reduce the Crime Rate in My Neighborhood? Is It Really this Simple?
Yes!
Today we’ll be giving you just three ways to start because you have to start somewhere, right?
Every single action you as an individual make, will have a ripple effect on your neighbors and so on. One person needs to start and many will follow. Small changes can make big impact.
Will you be the one who will take initiative?
Here Are Three Ways To Help Reduce Crime in your Neighborhood
1. Get To Know and Work Alongside Your Neighbors For Improvement
What this means is that getting involved with (or starting) community events is step one, followed closely by step two; starting some sort of neighborhood watch, neighborhood patrol program or even a neighborhood advocacy group. Through activities, neighborhoods can (re)build social control and increase citizen accountability for the actions of residents and their children. Take advantage of “safety in numbers” to hold group activities to show you are determined to drive out crime and drugs.
2. Deny Criminals Access To Public Spaces In Your Neighborhood
Work together to keep playgrounds, parks, yards, alleys, ball fields and streets clear of criminals. Do this by forming a task force to patrol these areas after dark and by reporting suspicious activity not only to police, but also to all citizens in your neighborhood; when the community is involved in watching out for each other, less crime happens. Signs that warn criminals of safety patrols and neighborhood watches help prevent some of these crime from taking place!
3. Report Vandalism Immediately and Clean It Up Quickly
When vandalism happens report, report, report! You want the police involved because you want these crimes solved fast. You do not want repeat offenders, correct? The next step after reporting vandalism is to get together with your community, your neighbors and clean it up. Leaving it be just isn’t an option if you want it to stop. Reporting and cleaning up vandalism signals a few things to the criminals involved. First, that you have noticed the vandalism. Second; that you are serious about stopping it. Third; that you have pride in your neighborhood and vandalism isn’t going to stop it.
Security Cameras Deter Crime and Help Solve Crimes
We have to mention, of course, that installing security cameras in public spaces is a huge step you can take in deterring criminals! Security cameras installed at ball fields, parks, playgrounds and on streets help solve crimes. As for your own home, a security system can do a lot for peace of mind! 24/7 monitoring will make you be and feel so much safer.
Let us know if we can help you come up with a plan for your neighborhood!
