We live in Bear/Glasgow (Hickory Woods)... we were lucky to have a really smart, experienced real estate agent who warned us about several Bear neighborhoods.
We looked at one house on the other side of Route 40 that we liked... then, she stood with us in the front yard and said "See those woods? There's a trailer park just on the other side of those trees... people walk over here every night, and steal anything that isn't nailed down."
She eventually found this house for us, showed it to us a few hours after it went on the market, and we made an offer right away. Cul-de-sac, almost 100% owner-occupied, and no townhomes, apartments or trailers within an easy walk.