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Nearly six months after a bank shut its doors in Cleveland’s Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood because of crime concerns, a report from the city shows a decrease in some crime.News 5 has been following the closure of the Huntington Bank branch on Buckeye Road near E 116th Street for months.In December 2023, neighbors protested the bank’s closure announcement and collected signatures, calling on Huntington to reconsider.
Overall, violent crime was down more than 30%, and property crimes were down 10%. Thefts saw a modest increase, while robberies jumped by 60%.“I think challenges the overarching narrative that this is an unsafe neighborhood… and directly related to that - a potentially unbankable neighborhood,” Khan said.Render added, “There’s no reason on God’s good earth why the bank would be justified in closing this .
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