What areas to avoid in london

[JELLYBEAN18]

I am moving to london in sept for university and i need to know which areas to avoid out of the following:

camberwell
mile end
hackney
shoreditch
new cross
tooting
elephant & castle
islington
whitechapel

get back please :)

[rabbitygirl]

My sons works for the Met Police. He is staying with me and reading your question. He suggests avoiding Hackney and Ele & Castle. If you can afford it, Islington, Camberwell and Tooting are the better on your list.

[JELLYBEAN18]

rabbitygirl, do you happen to know what new cross and whitechapel is like?

[froggequene]

Where you go to University will determine where you live. If you can tell us which Universities you've applied to we'd be in a better position to give advice.

The areas you've listed are on both sides of the river and may not necessarily be the most convenient for the uni of your choice.

[froggequene]

I live in Islington & I definitely don't have Andrew Lloyd Webber's income, I won't say it's a cheap area to rent in but some areas are nice

I had a friend who lived in Elephant & Castle because there's University quite close to the tube station there were a lot of students in accommodation there

[JELLYBEAN18]

well im going to london college of commnication and i went to see accommodation in elephant & castle and it was BAD!!
i was so scared of walkng about.

everyone keeps telling me islington but i'm going to be on the east side due to uni accommodation, what's that like?

[froggequene]

It depends on where you want to live in Islington. I live in the Finsbury Park/Holloway Road area, I like it's convenient, some of the pubs are great but it can be rough in parts.

You need to look at it in terms of the commute as well, the most practical from your perspective would be to get somewhere on the Northern Line - Angel is on the Northern Line but it's also the most expensive area of Islington to live in.

My friend lives in Camberwell & it's quite nice and Elephant is accessible by bus. Elephant does seem gloomy but both my friend & I have trundled around on our ownsomes adn we weren't bothered but that underground walkway is a pain in the backside.

[helpmetoo]

you omitted Deptford,

abandon hope all who enter there!

[XL]

I've lived in Islington, Shoreditch and currently live in Whitechapel. Can vouch for all three - Shoreditch and Whitechapel though being way more appealing for a student.

Hackney covers a big area - some bad some nice, Camberwell, New Cross E&C and Tooting - you'd have to pay me to live in those areas.

[Velvetee]

I've lived in London for 18 years, moved here for uni and stayed. I purchased my first flat in Streatham and hated every minute of it, I never felt safe walking around the area and it never felt like home. I've recently moved further out to Surrey.

Of all the areas you've mentioned, well I'd say they are all pretty dire, most of London is these days, unless you're fortunate enough to live in Chelsea, Kensington or Knightsbridge. But saying that, all areas have their good and bad parts.

If I had to choose from your list, I'd select Tooting, but that's because I know it quite well. Tooting Broadway is very multicultural, has a very busy shopping high street, markets, an underground station, which is rare for South London and has many bus routes.

It might be best for you to select areas easy to commute to and from university and then spend weekend looking around these areas. Also your uni may be able to recommend suitable places to stay, most have their own campuses.