This is a safe neighborhood, you would be hard pressed to find one safer within the price ranges. There is a mix of older couples and retirees and young families. In my neighborhood alot of the retirees I know, keep a good eye on the neighborhood. With the gas drilling a couple of crummy apartment complexes were shut down but I dont think alot of problems came from there. We have neighborhood patrols that are volunteers and a very close police station. I wouldn't worry though, this post was due to a break in to a neighbors car and its been about a year or two since something like that happened on our block. That occurs in all neighborhoods with cars parked in the driveway and poor lighting around the car or no alarm on the car.