Explore Detroit building permits, police incident data, and R2 zoning in West Village, a locally designated historic district.
Search this neighborhoodWest Village has about 1,600 residents and is bordered by Islandview to the north and west, Gold Coast to the south and Indian Village to the east. West Village is crossed by Van Dyke Street and Kercheval Avenue. The West Village District, Arthur M. Parker House and Frederick K. Stearns House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and a locally designated historic district named West Village is inside. Indian Village Tennis Club and Shipherd Greens Community Garden are also mapped in the neighborhood.
Zoning is a mix led by Two-Family Residential (R2) and Medium Density Residential (R5), with Single-Family Residential (R1) also present. Inside West Village, riders can board DDOT Route 5 Van Dyke-Lafayette and DDOT Route 9 Jefferson.
CivicScout tracks Detroit Police Department incidents that carry a location for West Village, counted by the neighborhood the department tags each report with. The feed leaves out hit-and-run traffic accidents, runaway and found-property records, recovered-vehicle records and unfounded cases, and reports taken by the Hamtramck, Highland Park, Dearborn and Grosse Pointe police departments are not in it. CivicScout does not have traffic crash data for Detroit.
View safety data →The most common permit types issued in West Village over the past year are alteration permits and addition permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in West Village is a mix of Two-Family Residential (R2) and Medium Density Residential (R5), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any West Village address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, food inspections, parks and zoning within a half mile. Police incidents and permits on the neighborhood page follow the official neighborhood outline; the other layers use the area around the neighborhood center.
Search an address →Search an address in West Village to see building permits, safety data, zoning details, and AI-powered neighborhood reports.
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