Summary:

Plainridge Park opened at the end of June 2015. Since that time, it has reported a number of crimes and calls for service commensurate with facilities of similar size and number of visitors. As for the surrounding community (including six towns), the totality of the evidence shows little impact on most crimes and calls for service. The types of calls for service to increase are those highly correlated with the number of cars and visitors to a community, such as traffic issues and reports of lost property and suspicious activity. One potential crime increase concerns the use of stolen credit cards in the area, but this did not persist past the first year. The analysis is complicated by changes in reporting practices at several of the participating agencies.