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Gifford Neighborhood Plan Existing Conditions <br /> easy access to several employment centers. In fact, no other area of the county is as close to as many employment opportunities as <br /> Gifford. Despite that fact, Gifford residents have lower median household and per capita incomes than the county as a whole. <br /> According to Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) data, the three TAZs in Gifford contain approximately 1,750 employees. Of these 1,750 <br /> employees, 160 are employed in the industrial sector, 742 in the commercial sector, and 848 in the service sector. The 7 TAZs <br /> surrounding Gifford have a combined 1,017 employees. In total, Gifford and the surrounding area contain about 2,767 employees. <br /> Crime <br /> The Indian River County Sheriff's Office maintains crime figures for the unincorporated county for Part 1 crime incidents. Table 6 <br /> lists the number of incidents by Part 1 crime categories that were reported in Gifford in 2000, and the percentage that those incidents <br /> represented for the entire unincorporated county. <br /> Table 6: Reported Crime Data for 2000 <br /> Type of Crime # of Incidents in Gifford %of Incidents for <br /> Unincorporated Count <br /> Assault 84 37.33% <br /> Attempted Suicide 4 4.16% <br /> Auto Burglary 65 14.48% <br /> Business Burglary 38 16.10% <br /> Elder Abuse 2 28.57% <br /> Grand Theft 27 6.68% <br /> Homicide 1 33.33% <br /> Recovered Stolen Vehicle 11 30.56% <br /> Residential Burglary 107 23.36% <br /> -Robbery 12 37.50% <br /> Sex Offense 15 18.52% <br /> -Simple Battery 131 29.05% <br /> Stolen.Vehicle 35 24.48% <br /> Suicide 1 14.29% <br /> Theft 81 6.60% <br /> TOTAL 614 15.90% <br /> Community Development Department Indian River County 31 <br />