Summerlea (Edmonton)

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Summerlea is a neighborhood located in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This neighborhood is home to one of Edmonton's best known tourist destinations--West Edmonton Mall. The mall occupies almost the entire southern half of Summerlea.

The neighborhood is bounded on the east by 170 Street, the west by 178 Street, the north by 95 Avenue and south by 87 Avenue. Surrounding neighborhoods are Terra Losa to the north, Glenwood to the north east, West Meadowlark Park to the east, Elmwood to the south east, Thorncliff to the south, Aldergrove to the south west, Belmead to the west, and La Perle to the north west.

Summerlea is an ethnicly diverse neighborhood with no identifiable ethnic group accounting for more then 10% of the population. Almost two out of three respondents in the 2001 federal census indicated affiliation with multiple ethnic groups. r^[1]

With the largest mall in North America in the neighborhood and a booming Alberta econonmy, Summerlea has some challenges with crime. Between 2000 and 2003, the number of property crimes tripled, before leveling off in 2004 and declining in 2005. "Property crime involves unlawful acts with the intent of gaining property. It includes actual and attempted break and enter, actual and attempted motor vehicle theft, ‘other’ theft (i.e. theft from vehicle, shoplifting, theft of bicycle, and other thefts), possession of stolen property, and fraud."^[2]