Community Reports
COMMUNITY REPORTS
How safe is your city compared to others? This crime comparison tool will display a side-by-side comparison of the crime rates in any two cities across the United States, helping you can find the safest places to live. The crime reports will allow you to view detailed crime information for each city including crime statistics such as: murder rates, assaults, robberies, burglaries and vehicle thefts.
Maps the addresses of registered sex offenders in your neighborhood. Type a location or address into the website’s search box, and FamilyWatchdog generates a map pinpointing the address of nearby registered sex offenders.
Maps crime data from more than 1,000 participating law enforcement agencies. Users can search CrimeReports by region, address, zip code, or law enforcement agency name to see a map with icons identifying recent police activity.
Select the type of report you are looking for: Generic, Demographic, Gender, Etc, or Combined and put in the address. Then review all of the demographic data for your area.
Environmental Protection Agency
Go to the EPA site for all of the latest health-related info about nearby facilities, air quality, water quality, energy, health, climate, community resources and much more. When you get on the site, scroll down to Your Community and put in your address or zip code.
You'll find more than 250 neighborhoods to explore in Baltimore City! Use this tool to explore by neighborhood name or geography.
SCHOOL REPORTS
Below are links for researching neighborhoods and schools. Whether you have, had, or never will have school-aged children; keep in mind that schools are a very good indicator of the health of a neighborhood. Besides an Internet search, nothing compares to driving through the community that you want to live in at night. If you don’t feel safe while in your car, you won’t feel any better living there.
I personally recommend you use the Maryland Report Card over the Great Schools rating system, as the Great Schools system is highly subjective.
Also, keep in mind, that when you find a home that you like, I will automatically run our ‘RPR’ (realtor’s property resource) report to assist with pricing our offer. This report gives a great indicator of the health of a neighborhood from a financial perspective. If you would like a copy, I’m always happy to send it to you!
Use this great link to outline properties. Doesn’t replace a survey, but gives you a pretty good idea where the boundaries are. From the Maryland Department of Planning.
This link will take you to the Maryland Site to look up ground rent for any property in Maryland.
