Neighborhood tenure mixing: A brief report on neighborhood crime and the physical condition of the neighborhood environment

ABSTRACT

In this brief report, neighborhood tenure mixing is defined as the proportion of owner-occupied versus renter-occupied properties in a neighborhood. The current study examined the association between the proportion of neighborhood tenure mixing, neighborhood crime, and the physical conditions of the neighborhood environment (i.e., incivilities, territoriality, and built environment). Fourteen trained raters (i.e., 7 dyads) used the Revised Block Environmental Inventory to document the physical conditions of one owner-dominated, one renter-dominated, and one mixed neighborhood. Our findings suggest that the highest levels of built environments and territoriality were displayed in neighborhoods where the ownership occupation was between 30 to 50%. Implications for future studies are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Tenure mixing
• incivilities
• territoriality
• built environment
• neighborhood crime
• proportion

Declaration of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the Office of the Provost, University of South Carolina.