I lived here for three years, and can only say that this complex completely went downhill in that short amount of time. Crime, both violent and non-violent, skyrocketed. Beatings, break-ins (they are even so bold as to attempt it while you are home), vandalism, car theft, drug-dealing, you name it, Emerson Village has it. The community is surrounded by a privacy fence that at first sounds like a great idea, as it separates the complex from the surrounding housing additions. Unfortunately, it creates more problems than it solves. There is a constant stream of hoodlums from the surrounding neighborhood that hop the fence to inflict their mayhem, and the fence only serves to make certain they won't be seen while doing it. There are currently three people living in the complex that are on Indiana's violent and sexual offender registry. A rather high concentration for such a small community. Who knows how many offenders are living there that haven't even bothered to register? Management is indifferent to the crime problem, refusing to acknowledge that it even exists (get your crime statistics from the Sheriff's Department, not the management). They insist they have security patrols, but refuse to say who actually provides this service, and nobody has ever seen one.
As for the apartments themselves, they are gloomy 70's style shoeboxes, with dilapidated cabinetry, thimble-sized water heaters, improperly graded parking lots (they flood every time it sprinkles), snow removal is hit-or-miss as is the power, no speed bumps (and most residents take advantage of that, despite all of the blind corners), and plenty of violent (but protected) geese.
The simplest test for an apartment complex is to drive through it on a weeknight and look at the cars. Most decent, respectable people (the kind of people you would like to have as neighbors) tend to take pretty good care of their cars. The kind of people who will trash a neighborhood, will generally trash their cars first. Drive through it for yourself (but make sure you bring your gun) and you will see that Emerson Village fails miserably even on this simple test.