If your police department has an arrangement with crimereports.com you can keep tabs on crime in your neighborhood. You can sign up for daily/weekly/monthly email reports or just drop in whenever. The reports do NOT include the exact address, only the block. There are several different categories, vehicle theft, burglary, and so on.
http://www.crimereports.com
Used this site a few times a while back. I was appalled at the number of perverts living within a mile radius of my home.
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