All indications from the study indicate that living in an elderly-only public housing tower decreases a resident’s fear of crime. Living in mixed-aged towers, on the other hand, tended to influence residents’ fear of crime. The fear of crime is linked to the type of tower a resident lives in and not the age of the resident alone. The results indicate that the fear of crime is not confined to the elderly; residents in the mixed-aged towers were overall more fearful than residents in elderly-only towers. It appears to be more the dynamics of the living arrangements that are related to fear, as opposed to it merely being the fault of the behaviors and actions of the non-elderly disabled residents when all variables are considered. Previous research has shown relationships between victimization and fear, the environment and fear, sociological factors and fear, and demographic factors and fear. Utilizing data collected from public housing residents in Omaha, NE, this study examined the fear of crime in elderly-only and mixed-aged high-rise public housing towers. Tables, notes, and references