Safest Rockville areas

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I understand news like this is scary, but let's remind ourselves that it's very irrational to shift our opinion on something based on sensational and rare instances of crime.

I live in 20853. There is a huge disparity depending on where you are. Flower Valley is lovely, but go south of Bel Pre, heading near Parkland into the area near Brookhaven and you can see the neighborhood changing.

PPs must have a short memory. Remember that man who shot his wife, and then shot another woman at Montgomery Mall last year? Police ended up catching him at the Boston Market right there in Aspen Hill. Schools in the area were on high alert that day, so anyone who actually does live in the area with kids would probably remember this.

How is that even relevant? That man was from PG County and was on a spree. Hey, the DC Sniper killed one of his victims right across the street from there. Do you still mention that when talking about the neighborhood? That is just an odd statement. Anyways, "safety is relative. Honestly, I had more issues with crime when I lived in Bethesda, but that does not fit the narrative.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP mentioned Rockshire and Fallsmead. There are others in the area, I dont know the names. Wootton High is a nice balance for a W school. I went to WJ and we did have minor problems. I heard its gotten worse and a few refuse to speak English. DS goes to Wootten and has not had any problems. Frost middle did have some problems in the leadership.

W stands for wealthy and white. Wootton isn't wealthy or really that white. If starting with the letter W and aspirationally jonesy was all it took to be counted a W then Wheaton would be a W too. Rockville is not what people mean by wanting the Ws

Wrong. Wootton is definitely one of the W's. Whitman, Winston Churchill, Walter Johnson and Wootton. And Wootton is really wealthy. Not compared to Whitman-but pretty on par with all the others.

How long did you lived zoned for Wootton before you started to believe yourself?

This is not a feeling. I am not zoned for Wootton-I am zoned for WJ but everyone knows those 4 are the W schools. If you ask any person who lives in MOCO they will tell you all 4 of those if they are asked what the W schools are. You don't know what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand news like this is scary, but let's remind ourselves that it's very irrational to shift our opinion on something based on sensational and rare instances of crime.

I live in 20853. There is a huge disparity depending on where you are. Flower Valley is lovely, but go south of Bel Pre, heading near Parkland into the area near Brookhaven and you can see the neighborhood changing.

PPs must have a short memory. Remember that man who shot his wife, and then shot another woman at Montgomery Mall last year? Police ended up catching him at the Boston Market right there in Aspen Hill. Schools in the area were on high alert that day, so anyone who actually does live in the area with kids would probably remember this.

How is that even relevant? That man was from PG County and was on a spree. Hey, the DC Sniper killed one of his victims right across the street from there. Do you still mention that when talking about the neighborhood? That is just an odd statement. Anyways, "safety is relative. Honestly, I had more issues with crime when I lived in Bethesda, but that does not fit the narrative.

What do you mean, 'How is it relevant'? OP was asking about crime. That was kind of a major incident that people are aware of.

There was also a rape of a woman off of Aspen Hill Road, by the trail. She was out running at like 6:30 in the morning. But super dark.

It's all relevant because OP asked. If it doesn't matter to you, that's fine. But all three have been recent incidents that have people in the neighborhood somewhat concerned.

[Anonymous]

Not super dark. (Not But)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand news like this is scary, but let's remind ourselves that it's very irrational to shift our opinion on something based on sensational and rare instances of crime.

I live in 20853. There is a huge disparity depending on where you are. Flower Valley is lovely, but go south of Bel Pre, heading near Parkland into the area near Brookhaven and you can see the neighborhood changing.

PPs must have a short memory. Remember that man who shot his wife, and then shot another woman at Montgomery Mall last year? Police ended up catching him at the Boston Market right there in Aspen Hill. Schools in the area were on high alert that day, so anyone who actually does live in the area with kids would probably remember this.

I don't understand your logic. How is the area where the police CAUGHT the shooter (Aspen Hill) worse than the area where the victims were actually shot (Bethesda)?

[Anonymous]

I live in Aspen hill adjacent and have not had a problem. Not sure why people wish to ignore the crimes taking place in Bethesda and elsewhere, while concentrating on the crimes in Aspen hill, but I guess that technique keeps the Bethesda real estate values up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand news like this is scary, but let's remind ourselves that it's very irrational to shift our opinion on something based on sensational and rare instances of crime.

I live in 20853. There is a huge disparity depending on where you are. Flower Valley is lovely, but go south of Bel Pre, heading near Parkland into the area near Brookhaven and you can see the neighborhood changing.

PPs must have a short memory. Remember that man who shot his wife, and then shot another woman at Montgomery Mall last year? Police ended up catching him at the Boston Market right there in Aspen Hill. Schools in the area were on high alert that day, so anyone who actually does live in the area with kids would probably remember this.

How is that even relevant? That man was from PG County and was on a spree. Hey, the DC Sniper killed one of his victims right across the street from there. Do you still mention that when talking about the neighborhood? That is just an odd statement. Anyways, "safety is relative. Honestly, I had more issues with crime when I lived in Bethesda, but that does not fit the narrative.

What do you mean, 'How is it relevant'? OP was asking about crime. That was kind of a major incident that people are aware of.

There was also a rape of a woman off of Aspen Hill Road, by the trail. She was out running at like 6:30 in the morning. But super dark.

It's all relevant because OP asked. If it doesn't matter to you, that's fine. But all three have been recent incidents that have people in the neighborhood somewhat concerned.

Were the people in the Montgomery Mall area as concerned? I get that folks are concerned about crime, but citing a bizarre once in a generation crime that could have happened anywhere is not that helpful.

That being said, I live not too far from that Giant and I have never felt unsafe. Like I said, I was impacted more by crime when I rented in Bethesda. But then again, I grew up in Brooklyn, so my tolerance for petty crime may be higher than yours.

[Anonymous]

Check the list of sex offenders before you buy. In 20853, there are 9 listed. 20852 has 34.

http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/sorSearch/search.do?searchType=byZip&zip=20910

[Anonymous]

I live in 20853. Some people on this board must really live in a bubble if they think the area is unsafe. Go drive around 20853--Norbeck Estates (actually zoned for Magruder), Flower Valley, Manor Country Club, Manor Woods, Rock Creek Valley, Manor Lake, etc. It is not the urban ghetto of west Baltimore. Most of my neighbors are professional people like us, people who work at NIH, for the federal gov, etc. Yes, as go south of Arctic Ave there are some less expensive rambler style homes (by which I mean in the $300Ks) and a fair number of immigrants from central/south American countries. Some of the properties are not as well kept as other homes in the zip code. And we can debate the quality of the schools, sure, but it is just silly to describe the area as unsafe.

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I live here as well, close to Rockville High. When I talk about my neighborhood, the first thing I say is how much I love the sense of community we have here. I'm a little hesitant to go running alone in the dark outside my immediate neighborhood, but I think that would be true anywhere. Otherwise, my kids and I happily roam with few safety concerns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check the list of sex offenders before you buy. In 20853, there are 9 listed. 20852 has 34.

http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/sorSearch/search.do?searchType=byZip&zip=20910

OMG this is frightful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check the list of sex offenders before you buy. In 20853, there are 9 listed. 20852 has 34.

http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/sorSearch/search.do?searchType=byZip&zip=20910

OMG this is frightful

Well, not really. The ZIP Code search is pulling any offender associated with 20852. The majority of them have a 20852 employment address (typically with multiple non-20852 employment addresses), not residence.