Micromemphis: University District The Neighborhoods of the University of Memphis
  • Home
  • About
    • University District in the News
    • University District Website
    • University District Map
    • MicroMemphis Team
  • News
  • Business
  • Religion
  • Food
  • Community
  • Campus
  • Multimedia
    • Slideshows
    • Video

U District has crime rating three times national average, but it is still home to residents

3/5/2013

1 Comment

 
By John Martin/MicroMemphis Reporter
Tammy Duncan is conflicted.

Every other day, it seems, the Normal Station resident who lives near the intersection of Highland and Southern hears about a robbery, burglary or an instance of assault. Though it comes up less frequently, the word ‘murder’ is too much a part of her regular vocabulary.

Duncan can’t just up and move, either. This is where she grew up. The University District – Normal Station – is all she’s ever known. There are sentimental strings keeping her here.

Therein lies the dilemma: Crime is, on some level, a part of the fabric in this city, in concentrated neighborhoods and the metro at large. But, as ostensibly dangerous as it is, it’s still home – and it’s hard for lifelong residents, like Duncan, to leave.
“I haven’t always lived in the same house, but this place (the University District) is a huge part of my life,” Duncan, 50, said. “Every time I hear about what goes on around here, though, makes me kind of reconsider what I think I know about the place. The trend is unsettling.”

Weichert.com, a branch of Weichert Realtors, reported the University District in Memphis has a Crime Index Rating three times the national average.

The CIR is calculated by comparing the risk or probability of future occurrence of certain types of crime in this community as compared to the national average. The national average for each type of crime equals a score of 1.0; the total for the University District is 3.36.

The CIR provided by Weichert reported that the University District’s highest CIR numbers are rooted in personal robbery (4.55) and property burglary (4.0). 

Tim Griggs, a former Shelby County Sheriff law enforcement officer who now lives in the University District on Carnes Avenue, said he was undaunted by the crime numbers in this concentrated area simply because he feels they are, by and large, representative of the whole city’s and even the country’s.

“Memphis is a metro, people forget, and crime happens in every metro,” Griggs said. “Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami – I can go on and on. For some reason, it’s magnified here. I don’t feel any less safe or endangered in Memphis than I would if I were anywhere else.”

Duncan, an orthopedic assistant with two children, said the numbers are harrowing but that, because she raised her kids in the neighborhood, she was too attached to the area – crime rates and all – to give much serious thought to leaving.

“It has its warts, and some days are worse than others, but I love Memphis, and I love my neighborhood,” Duncan said. “God willing, this is where I’ll continue to be.”
1 Comment
asylum immigration lawyer link
10/8/2013 10:41:44 pm

Nice Information! I independently really appreciate your content. This is a fantastic web page. I will make sure that I stop coming back again!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Tweets by @UDistrictMicro

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013

    Categories

    All
    Arts
    Audio
    Black History
    Black Owned Business
    Blue Tom Records
    Botanic Garden
    Brittany Carruthers
    Bruce Harber
    Bryan Heater
    Business
    Campus
    Caray Oldham
    Carlissa Robinson
    Carrie Sanders
    Charity
    Chings
    City Council
    Civil Rights Movement
    Community
    Cormac Parker
    Crime
    Dana Porter
    Education
    Empress And Emperor Mentoring
    Entertainment
    Erica Hartsfield
    Events
    Fashion
    Feature
    Fitness
    Food
    Green
    Gsrm
    Health
    Highland
    Housing
    Innovation
    Instagram
    Jerald Harris
    Jj Greer
    John Martin
    Kathy Brower
    Local
    Lovie Hudson
    Maps
    Master Plan
    Memphis
    Mentoring
    Michelle Corbet
    Millennials
    Multimedia
    Music
    News
    Non-profit
    Normal Station
    Park Ave.
    Park Avenue
    Patterson
    Politics
    Poplar
    Preview
    Profile
    Public Safety
    Raleigh Egypt
    Raven Mcclain
    Recruitment
    Religion
    Sex
    Slideshow
    Social-media
    Southern
    Sports
    St-jude
    Transportation
    Udistrict History
    University Of Memphis
    Urban Garden
    Video
    Walker Avenue