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Crime on Vacant Properties
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Vacant properties often become a breeding ground for crime, tying up an inordinate amount of police resources. The City of Richmond, VA conducted an analysis of citywide crime data from the mid-90s; of all the economic and demographic variables tested, vacant/abandoned properties had the highest correlation to the incidence of crime. Another study focusing on crime in abandoned buildings in Austin, Texas found that crime rates on blocks with open abandoned buildings were twice as high as rates on matched blocks without open buildings. The survey also found that “41 percent of abandoned buildings could be entered without use of force; of these open buildings, 83 percent showed evidence of illegal use by prostitutes, drug dealers, property criminals, and others.
Even if 90 percent of the crimes prevented are merely displaced to the surrounding area, securing abandoned buildings appears to be a highly cost-effective crime control tactic for distressed neighborhoods.”
A crime-prevention tactic that has gotten much attention in recent years is directly related to vacant, neglected, and abandoned property. According to George Kelling and James Q. Wilson, “The Broken Window Theory” holds that “If the first broken window in a building is not repaired, then people who like breaking windows will assume that no one cares about the building and more windows will be broken… The disorder escalates, possibly to serious crime.” Wilson and Kelling suggest that it is the nature of the physical environment that leads to an increase in criminal activity.
Source: http://www.vacantproperties.org/issues/safety.html
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After the successful launch of our rental security screens and doors for vacant properties, we've now broadened into AC unit enclosures to protect your AC units from damage, vandalism and theft.
Copper theft is happening daily...
Our enclosures are open enough to allow proper ventilation to your units while keeping thieves hands and tools out.
Get a quick quote now!
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