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However, it is likely that there is a relationship between the concentration of <br /> sexually oriented businesses and neighborhood crime rates. The St. Paul Police <br /> Department has determined that St. Paul's street prostitution is concentrated in a <br /> "street prostitution zone" immediately adjacent to the intersection where the sexually <br /> oriented businesses are located. Police statistics for 1986 show that, of 279 prostitution <br /> arrests for which specific locations could be identified, 70 percent (195) were within the <br /> "street prostitution zone." Moreover, all of the locations with 10 or more arrests for <br /> prostitution were within this zone. <br /> The location of sexually oriented businesses has also created a perception in the <br /> community that this is an unsafe and undesirable part of the city. In 1983, Western <br /> State Bank, which is currently located across the street from an adult bookstore, hired a <br /> research firm to survey area residents regarding their preferred location for a bank and <br /> their perceptions of different locations. A sample of 305 people were given a list of <br /> locations and asked, "Are there any of these locations where you would not feel safe <br /> conducting your banking business?" <br /> No more than 4 per cent of the respondents said they would feel unsafe banking at <br /> eother locations in the city. But 36 percent said they would feel unsafe banking at Dale <br /> and University, the corner where the.sexually oriented businesses are concentrated. <br /> 1 <br /> The Working Group reviewed the 1987 40-Acre Study on Adult Entertainment <br /> prepared by the Division of Planning in St. Paul's Department of Planning and <br /> Economic Development This study summarized testimony presented to the Planning <br /> 1 Commission regarding neighborhood problems: <br /> Residents in the University/Dale area report frequent sex-related harassment <br /> by motorists and pedestrians in the neighborhood. Although it cannot be <br /> proved that the harassers are patrons of adult businesses, it is reasonable to <br /> suspect such a connection. Moreover, neighborhood residents submitted <br /> evidence to the Planning Commission in the form of discarded pornographic <br /> literature allegedly found in the streets, sidewalks, bushes and alleys near <br /> adult businesses. Such literature is sexually very explicit, even on the cover, <br />- 411 <br /> J -11- <br />