Any info about safety/ rental market of this neigborhood tampa

[Teresa Floyd]

Does anyone have any recommendations for safety of this neighborhood? E. Patterson Ave/ 33604.  Tampa is on fire...but i grew up there and at one point wasn't a safe area.  Has this changed?

[Josh Green]

Quote from @Teresa Floyd:

Does anyone have any recommendations for safety of this neighborhood? E. Patterson Ave/ 33604.  Tampa is on fire...but i grew up there and at one point wasn't a safe area.  Has this changed?

 Hey Teresa,

Other than actually physically checking the property/area out I like to do the following two things to check for the potential of a subject property as far as "safety" goes:

1) Google Maps street view.  Are there loiters?  Are there an excessive amount of cars parked in the streets?  Trash/litter? Go down a few blocks - what do the stores in the area look like?  Liquor store on the corner?  All this indicates if the area is a C or a B type area.

2) Google "Pinellas County Crime Heat Map" and you can find a heat map that shows crime rates and types of crimes in different parts of the Tampa Bay area.