How safe do you feel in London?

[Yorkshire Blue]

Sonny and Terry's bar.

Fancy a pint there this evening?

 

[Smudger]

Sonny and Terry's bar.

Legendary Limehouse watering hole. Sonny would cut you to bleeding ribbons for suggesting otherwise......

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Nowt wrong with South of the River. Places like Peckham and Lewisham are too filled to the brim with hipsters these days to be remotely frightening, unless of course you've a severe aversion to spray-on denim and ill-judged facial hair.

The no-go areas seem to be more concentrated in the east than they are in south now.

If you are talking of the main road or High Street you may be O.K. because more people about and lots of CCTV. But there is no way you would walk alone down the side streets and into one of the estates after 9pm. Brixton, Hackney, Mitcham, Tottenham, Edmonton, Stockwell, Croydon, Harlesden, Sheperd's Bush, Park Royal, to name a few.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

If you are talking of the main road or High Street you may be O.K. because more people about and lots of CCTV. But there is no way you would walk alone down the side streets and into one of the estates after 9pm. Brixton, Hackney, Mitcham, Tottenham, Edmonton, Stockwell, Croydon, Harlesden, Sheperd's Bush, Park Royal, to name a few.

I generally avoid estates as I invariably get lost in them, but have walked home through the side streets of Hackney on many an occasion.

Others are too far away to walk back from at night.

 

[slapheadsteve]

Dagenham. In case you run into Dagenham Kev after dark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jassyfa1]

my mate works for the gun squad in London, and im often told of what they are up to before it hits the news. For example, I was aware ofthe attempt on the Queen on Rememberance Sunday, and the kidnap of a policeman to be executed in public all which come to light weeks after I was made aware of them.
One thing you never hear in the news is what happens to these terrorists. Answer, body bags

 

[ReturnOfFF]

my mate works for the gun squad in London, and im often told of what they are up to before it hits the news. For example, I was aware ofthe attempt on the Queen on Rememberance Sunday, and the kidnap of a policeman to be executed in public all which come to light weeks after I was made aware of them.
One thing you never hear in the news is what happens to these terrorists. Answer, body bags

wow will defo believe u and your mate there tells you what is probably secret information and then how they kill all the terroist okay mate

 

[Benfleet A1]

Where would you actually say is a no go area in the East though?

The Chinese takeaway just up from Butchers Row for a start. Gave me the worst guts ache I have ever had

 

[Floval Flyer]

Live and work in London.

Feel far safer in London than in Southend High St or Lucy Rd after dark!

make you right there, Southend after dark is a bit dodgy nowadays, always seems to be a bit of an atmosphere..., daytime in the high street isn't much better after 11am.. Generally slip into Waterstones as the knuckle scrapers are scared of books :smile:

Never had a problem in London in 16 years working up there in the 80's and 90's though

 

[maninasuitcase]

my mate works for the gun squad in London, and im often told of what they are up to before it hits the news. For example, I was aware ofthe attempt on the Queen on Rememberance Sunday, and the kidnap of a policeman to be executed in public all which come to light weeks after I was made aware of them.
One thing you never hear in the news is what happens to these terrorists. Answer, body bags

Does he play golf with Steve Tilson too?

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

You may feel safer in London but are you actually safer?

19 violent deaths in the UK so far in just 10 days this year and 9 of those were in London.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30759098

 

[Benfleet A1]

You may feel safer in London but are you actually safer?

19 violent deaths in the UK so far in just 10 days this year and 9 of those were in London.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30759098

Gang related I would bet.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Gang related I would bet.

It probably went off at a bridge night or pub quiz.

 

[markw]

It probably went off at a bridge night or pub quiz.

I heard bingo was the place to avoid nowdays.....

 

[MK Shrimper]

I heard bingo was the place to avoid nowdays.....

Aye...especially Mecca....:whistling:

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

I heard bingo was the place to avoid nowdays.....

Mighty Boosh Nanageddon backs that up...

 

[essexshrimper]

most of london's alright, tho i dunno why, but i hate walking round east london, it just feels dangerous to me :unsure: