Hidden Ridge Apartments on Ferris Branch is one of northeast Dallas/Lake Highlands’ many dense, low rent communities — this one run by the Dallas Housing Authority (the number of DHA rentals in our neighborhood is something we’ve covered extensively).
The Observer took a look at the number of violent crimes at this property compared to other nearby complexes of similar size, following Friday’s case of a young child caught in the crossfire of a shootout at Hidden Ridge.
“Over the last 12 months, Dallas police have responded and filed reports at Hidden Ridge 15 times … Over the same time period — from Sept. 17, 2015 to Sept. 16, 2016 — The Lex Apartments, located across the street from Hidden Ridge at 9701 West Ferris Branch Road have only been visited by police twice. One visit involved a storage unit burglary and the other for a former tenant removing complex property while moving out. Similarly-sized complexes in other parts of the city, like the Grand Estates at Founders Park in Oak Cliff or The Village Apartments in northeast Dallas saw no calls for criminal incidents over the same time,” reports the Observer’s Stephen Young.
The child who was shot, as well as another yet-unidentified gunshot-wounded man, are expected to recover.
