One of our students saw this site and it made her think of our Urban Government class…
For grins, we typed in UST’s zip code (77006) in the box below…
… and this is what it came up with. The red houses are primarily sex offenders. Joy. On the upside, the yellow houses are foreclosures if you’re looking to move inside the Loop and near the University…
Unfortunately, Rotten Neighbor — while interesting — doesn’t provide anything close to a full picture of area crimes or bad neighbors. Sadly, neither does the Clery Act nor HPD’s crime stats site, since both are lagged by at least a month and are for reported crimes only.
Hat tip to Elizabeth Rinaldi!
If you want a good site for looking up sex offenders … go to http://familywatchdog.us/