Dallas Crime
Dallas City Council District 5 doesn’t make a lot of headlines — good or bad. The area of Southeast Dallas represented by Pleasant Grove native Jaime Resendez, has the second-lowest crime rate of the 14 council districts. Residents in District 5 have expressed concerns about vehicle theft, vandalism, and car parts theft, compounded by complaints…
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A slight 0.28 percent decrease in Dallas City Council District 4 crime over the past year isn’t substantial and could change tomorrow, but it doesn’t mean South Oak Cliff is without challenges when it comes to public safety. The glaring issues in District 4 include decaying infrastructure, poverty, and neighborhoods that have been underserved for…
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Many residents who live along the Garland Road corridor and near White Rock Lake in Dallas City Council District 9 have lived there for decades and love their neighborhoods. They host neighborhood block parties and are thoroughly engaged in local zoning and development matters. They don’t talk a lot about crime, and for good reason:…
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Can the revitalization of the Shops at RedBird, fueled by millions of dollars in city incentives “save” District 8 from crime and poverty? Some say it already has. Some say southern Dallas and Oak Cliff don’t need saving. And some say it goes a long way when residents take pride in their community. CandysDirt.com set…
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Few people are willing to say it out loud, but in the early 1990s, when some of today’s city leaders were in high school, Oak Cliff was a place where parents told their children not to hang out after dark. Now the area covered by Dallas City Council District 1 — including North Oak Cliff…
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