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Famous Towns From Horror Movies Crime Maps

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In a search to see if SpotCrime mapped crime in the most infamous fictional horror movie towns, we found out that most of the towns were fictional (thank goodness)! Below are some of the scariest movies you can watch this Halloween season and the towns where each story may have taken place. Interested in finding crime in your real life hometown? Check out SpotCrime ! Don’t see crime on the map? Let us know and let your police department know. We will map crime and send out email alerts for free. And make sure to check out your local SpotCrime map before you head out this Halloween. Stay aware and stay safe! Halloween: Haddonfield, IL On Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers murdered his sister with a butcher knife. Fifteen years later, Michael escapes the mental institution he’s been held since the murder and returns to his hometown of Haddonfield, IL . This plot created the installment of the Halloween franchise to come. Although Haddonfield, IL is not a real

Bainbridge Island, WA is now on SpotCrime!

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Bainbridge Island, WA is located in the Pacific North West , a ferry ride away from Seattle, WA . The island rests in the frigid Puget Sound in Kitsap County . In 2005, CNN/Money Magazine named Bainbridge Island the second best place to live in the US ! Jay Inslee , current Governor of Washington State, and comedian Chris Kattan are both from Bainbridge Island. Checking out the crime map and you won't see a lot of crimes against persons (which is good!) and most of the arrests are for DUI's. Interested in learning what crimes occur on Bainbridge Island? Check out SpotCrime or MyLocalCrime . On your mobile? Head to SpotCrime.info . And don't forget to sign up for your free local crime alerts ! Stay aware, stay safe.

The Pacific Northwest Crime Maps

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SpotCrime now maps crime in Seattle along with surrounding cities including Bellevue, Tacoma and Olympia. That's about 1 million people across 3 different counties who now have access to local crime information right at their finger tips! Seattle is the largest major city in the Pacific Northwest, ranked as the 15th largest city in the US. Check out the SpotCrime Seattle map to see where most crime occur, primarily in the downtown area. Recently, a thief tried to steal an ATM from a Downtown Seattle bank! Luckily, they weren't very successful. Bellevue is the eastern neighbor to Seattle, found across Lake Washington. Bellevue is a rapidly growing city, now categorized as a 'boomburb' of Seattle. It was found number 1 on CNNMoney Magazine's 'Best City to Live' list in 2008. The name Bellevue is French for 'beautiful view' because of the city's location on the lake. Bellevue was also ranked as one of the 25 safest cities in the U