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House prices and crime
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Hi,
the government is planning to release crime maps by the end of the year showing the crime statistics for local areas. How do members of this community think this will affect house prices? The obvious conclusion is that it will make selling houses in crime-free areas easier and selling in crime-rich areas harder.
However, the areas that rank highest for crime tend to be in cities, with rural areas ranked much lower. This map shows how local areas (about 800 house in each) rank:
http://www.mindyourstreet.com/crimemap.html
Will this mean an exodus from the city? Will it polarise the market? Or will it have no effect at all?
Comments please!
HarryB
the government is planning to release crime maps by the end of the year showing the crime statistics for local areas. How do members of this community think this will affect house prices? The obvious conclusion is that it will make selling houses in crime-free areas easier and selling in crime-rich areas harder.
However, the areas that rank highest for crime tend to be in cities, with rural areas ranked much lower. This map shows how local areas (about 800 house in each) rank:
http://www.mindyourstreet.com/crimemap.html
Will this mean an exodus from the city? Will it polarise the market? Or will it have no effect at all?
Comments please!
HarryB
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I would be amazed if there was a mass exodus from areas with a bit of crime, and the really rough areas are normally council estates and the people cant leave.
West Yorkshire Police have been doing it for a while.
Funny thing to post for your first and only ever post - why do I get the feeling this is actually SPAM to draw people to that website?