Buying out of area. How to learn demographics & Crime rate

[Travis Mullenix]

Hi,

I'm looking purchase out of my area. I am having difficulty finding good and free data to learn about the demographics and crime rate in the area I'm looking to purchase. Any ideas? 

Thank you,

Travis

[Joel Allen]

@Travis Mullenix

www.city-data.com provides a good initial/big-picture look at the demographics of a city, broken down by a variety of factors…income, education, overall crime stats, etc.

To dive deeper into the crime data, the police department for many cities maintain a website with call response metrics, crime maps, etc.  For example, here in San Antonio, the SAPD offers:

https://www.sanantonio.gov/SAP...