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It seems every week there is another stand off in Brandon or another assault from a teen in a group home or a drug raid.  
 
A relative was living in the area where many of those are taking place. and yet driving in that neighbourhood it looked lovely. it is not what my mind conjures up for a high crime area. Lesson for me - Do not judge a book by its cover I guess.  
 
So this relative just moved out, as yet another incident is listed for vicinity.  
 
Their new place will hopefully be short term 1 year but where should they be looking? Where is it safe to sit in your yard? without the risk of the police attending to some strange emergency right beside you with guns drawn yelling get inside.  
 
Starting to think its COPS bad boys bad boys what you going to do?  
 
Is there a safe place?

That's such a funny question..crime is wide spread throughout Brandon

The safest area to live in Brandon is probably Shilo.

Live outside of the city

You’ll find crime areas in every corner of the City, whether lower income, middle class or wealthier areas,  
 
Talk to friends and acquaintances to get a better idea of where the hot pockets are.  
 
The BPS map is vague and difficult to navigate with a mini window (at least on an iPad). You’d think they could do a more professional view. Just my opinion.

Once I was just sitting on the bench at the Vic Ave bus stop outside superstore with four bags of gricergro... individual in wuestque crossed the street directly to me for altercation...  
 
Second time I was walking along Princess and was in middle of an intersection when I passed beside him going in opposite direction...  
 
So yeah, it's relevant...it deals with both crime and safety, lol.

pinkflamingos said "Check the crime map. Of course an incident can happen anywhere. But this will tell you the statistics.     http://police.brandon.ca/crime-map "

Appear to be near the police station.

RC123 said "Live outside of the city "

Even living outside of the city isn’t all that safe anymore. Property crime rates in the county and rural communities are skyrocketing. Ive heard so many stories about thefts and home invasion happening in the county in the last few years.  
 
Edited by The_Young_Man, 2018-08-16 19:03:57

too bad an not a longer period of time.  
 
but it is the area in question lit up

The crime map really only tells you where the police have received reports of incidents. It doesn't tell you the nature of the reports, or who reported them.  
 
For example, my particular street shows no crime. But our cars are rifled through regularly. I've lost track of the number of times I've come out to my vehicle to find the console open. Admittedly, it's because we forgot to lock the car, but I don't report it. This is a problem everywhere in Brandon and I am sure people have become so immune they don't report it.  
 
When asking the question, which is the part of Brandon with the least amount of crime, you need to be more specific. Are you referring to property crime, violent crime, traffic stops, etc.? Property crime is everywhere but low level property crime is often not even reported. Domestic assaults are everywhere but I am willing to bet the vast majority go unreported. Don't even get me started on drug related offences. Sure, it may be more visible at the street level in the downtown, but it's everywhere. The high level drug dealers live in the wealthy areas. The current meth epidemic crosses all income levels.  
 
You also have to consider where the police focus their attention. Interestingly, the area around the police station is a hot spot. Could that be because their presence is more concentrated around the police station so they stop more people around there?  
 
The point is that the map only gives you a very high level impression of where crime is taking place but doesn't really tell you what is going on in those areas. There are many factors to consider.  
 
Which neighbourhood should you live in - the one you want to live in. Be part of the neighbourhood, be part of the community, upkeep your house, and encourage others who want the same to live in your neighbhourhood and crime will go down because good people make good, safe, neighbhourhoods.

My Son and his friend were assaulted by a meth zombie or just a loser who wanted them to participate in a crime at the Willodale 7 eleven area. This happened in Feb 2018. Of course they refused and said no and that is when they were both assaulted . They fought back and the person ran away.This situation could have been a lot worse than it was. This happened Feb 2018. A description was given to police at the time but they didn't get the guy.

"Groceries" and "question"  
Not sure why those words were so mangled, lol.

The Police station and Hospital are hot spots because people report crime there, so these are artificial. You can search crime dating back to 2016, but not the heat map. All crimes have been generalized the block level.  
 
Please, if you do have feedback, provide it to the Police via the e-mail in the disclaimer.

Even fancy Brookwood had a big drug bust. Crime can happen anywhere in the city, but to be honest, I've never felt unsafe anywhere in Brandon and I've lived here my whole life. We have it a lot better here than many other cities.

You’ve never felt unsafe, anywhere in Brandon? You are lucky. I feel unsafe every time I use the bank machine downtown, realizing the people waiting outside the establishment, staring at me, waiting for money...

Kellye said "You’ll find crime areas in every corner of the City, whether lower income, middle class or wealthier areas,     Talk to friends and acquaintances to get a better idea of where the hot pockets are.     The BPS map is vague and difficult to navigate with a mini window (at least on an iPad). You’d think they could do a more professional view. Just my opinion. "

Absolutely agree with their new crime mapping system. Crime Reports was much easier to navigate and SEE even on PC.  
 
This current map is useless imo and after looking into things a bit further and asking a few questions, I believe they got the intended effect when switching "up" crime maps.  
 
Crime is everywhere in Brandon. I'd be pushing it if I said I see a cop car 6 times a year in our neighbourhood. Don't they patrol all of Brandon?

I would have to say you have led a fairly sheltered life if people begging for change downtown makes you feel unsafe.. it just makes me feel sad. The violent crime in Brandon is for the most part, not random.

and some very good ideas.  
 
I hear people all the time say they do not feel safe in the downtown area.  
 
but it is the violent crimes and the stand offs that are concerning me not the theft from a unlocked car. don't get me wrong that is a crime but when the police are convening several cars and hand are on the guns that is a concern. 3 in one area with in 2 months was a bit much to take.

I live in the downtown area and over the last 3 years it has gotten significantly worse. Between the Meth users. Swat teams looking for people, people being chased with a gun by drug induced individuals. BPS needs to step up in this area. I feel Neighborhood Watches a mix between civilian and officer. I feel the good people of downtown are tired of being held hostage but these "individuals" . Time to take our neighborhoods back and show them they are not welcome here with foot patrol downtown all summer from 9pm to 6am would be the MOST effective way to reduce crimes all areas. More eyes means more chance of getting caught. Consideration is very high about moving away from the area I currently reside. Which is a shame. I love it here and my neighbors but I don't know how much more of the out drugged out people in this area before someone tries to put a hole in me on my way to work in the morning or worse.

anywhere within a block usually will be picked up on hospital cameras so police will ck there for clues to crime

Ok re recognize we have a problem and it seems to be getting worse..  
 
How do we fix it?

CDN said "Ok re recognize we have a problem and it seems to be getting worse..     How do we fix it? "

This applies to a lot of the criminals, give them some work to do! People with nothing to do create problems for the rest of us! No schedule to follow and then they do what they want, all frigging day!  
Get them off the gravy train and put them to work!