01/29/09
Crime ridden Kempsville Lakes!
by KvilleLakes at Citysearch
Wow! What a deceiving place Kempsville Lakes is! I am a 24 year old female, who currently lives with her parents in Kempsville Lakes. My parents own our town house and we have been here since I was 1. It is incredible the changes (for the worse) that the neighborhood has taken. I do not recommend anyone renting or buying here. There is so much crime that happens here that isn't publicized. For the first time in who knows how long crime activity was actually reported on the News this morning that took place here 2 nights ago. There was a DRIVE-BY! A drive-by, people! This happened on Marlwood Way which is one street over from where we live. Apparently there was an altercation at the BP across from Farm Fresh on Baxter Rd. and someone followed a resident of Kempsville Lakes home and shot at several different town houses late 01/27/09. Not to mention on Kenley Rd. a couple of weeks ago a man's home was broken into and the homeowner was shot. Aside from all of that, people's cars are stolen here on the regular. DO NOT start your cars in the morning to warm them up and leave them unattended.
My point is this is such a deceptive neighborhood. It used to be nice. My friends and I used to roam the streets without any worries. You can't do that now though. If you drive through the neighborhood during the day it looks so inviting. There is not much graffiti, nice calm lake, pool, playground, etc. Don't be fooled! Drive through here late at night on a weekend and the hoodlums are out and so are the police patrolling. Actually, police should be patrolling here much more than they do. I hope the crime activity continues to be reported on the News too. People have no idea how dangerous the neighborhood actually is. It's sad. I can't wait til my parents have the money to move!
- Pros: Lake, Pool, Playground
- Cons: Insane amount of crime!!!!
01/10/09
Crime Striken Neighborhood
by blondie0277 at Citysearch
Let's open up here and give a little useful incite as to what type of neighborhood Kempsville Lakes really is. My family and I have been residents of this neighborhood for 3 yrs. In the 3yrs since we've become residents of this neighborhood, I've seen quite a bit of crime. I'm just going to list a few crime activities that have occurred on my street alone: 1). An innocent man beaten with a baseball bat by 3 ruthless individuals. 2). One victim's truck was broken into with his cellphone, his change console, and other items taken. 3). Another victim having a $400.00 bike stolen: ATTACHED TO HIS VEHICLE. 4). Just less that a week ago, a women had her vehicle stolen directly out of her driveway prior to leaving for work. Like most drivers, she was just simply warming her car up prior to beginning her day.
At the present while I'm sitting here typing at my computer, patrol cars are busy looking for a suspect. This morning 3 men to evaded a vehicle that they had just stolen. They captured one suspect, but the other escaped and is currently loose in the neighborhood. So, you tell me if management has performed their expected duties? Each homeowner is required to pay an association fee. You explain to me and other homeowners where their fees are being contributed. I'll tell you where, maybe it was to replace the pansies that were recently uprooted in the flowerbeds at each entrance. Here's a tip to solve flowering thief's, PLANT PERENNIALS! They last year round. For Pete sake, nothing is being done by management or anyone else to lower the crime rate.
Here's a few ideas that could potentially lower the crime statistics: 1). Place surveillance cameras at each entrance into the neighborhood. 2). Make this community a gated community. 3). Hire an armed security patrol. I failed to mention a goose that became a victim as well. She had been an icon here at Kempsville Lakes for over 15yrs. Ask yourself this, is this a neighborhood for you and your family to reside in?
- Pros: Delightfull pool, lake, and playground
- Cons: WAY TOO MUCH CRIME ACTIVITY!!!!!!!!!
07/23/08
Renting is okay, but I wouldn't buy.....Ask Police Dept how often they're here and if you have kids, drive through on a Friday night before you move in
by virginiagirl68 at Citysearch
My husband and I decided to rent in Virginia Beach before buying to see if we liked the area first. We have rented for one year in Kempsville Lakes and we really like our townhome, our neighbors and our section of the street. Everyone right here is pretty friendly and quiet. However, we are glad we did not buy here. We have three children who I usually rode to and from school all year because of the kids on the bus. I have read the other comments on this site, and it's true...there are ALOT of unsupervised children in this neighborhood. I'm not sure what the management could do differently though. The only time I walk around the lake is first thing in the morning to avoid the teen scene that likes to hang out around the lake every single afternoon. I've driven into the neighborhood at night when there would be twenty to forty teens just hanging out at the end of Kenley Ave. Don't know what could be done, though. I will say, however, that we DO use the pool and I've never had any problems. When I was a teenager, pool lifeguards spent more time goofing off and flirting than watching the swimmers. These lifeguards are young, but they always seem to have an eye on what's going on in the pool and all seem very friendly. Most importantly....they are actually watching the swimmers. All in all, I'm glad we rented here, but we will not be buying here. Sometimes at night there are even teens just walking up and down the street "looking" at people's homes. My neighbor stopped a young man recently going from one car to another trying to open them late at night. I will say that on Halloween, there were plenty of police out patrolling the area and that there are often police out here just checking things out. I keep a close eye on my own children. Our rent has been $1200 out here, but it was worth it to know we rented instead of having a mortgage here we can't get out of. We're buying elsewhere. It's okay, but not a place I want my kids to grow up in.
- Pros: Close to everything, pool, park for children
- Cons: ALOT of teens hanging out at night, vandalism, many unsupervised children daily
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