Rough parts of London

[Andy008]

I will shortly be moving to London. What are the dodgiest parts?

[ianess]

Anywhere South of a line drawn between Carlisle and Berwick-on-Tweed.

[londongirl]

Theres nothing wrong with South East London :)  well some of it anyway, I live in Greenwich and its the safest place I've lived in. No gangs of kids, never seen any violence.... the scariest place I lived was either Turnpike Lane or Ladbroke Grove, which as trendy as it supposedly is, is very dodgy at night with lots of gangs of men hanging around.

[Trillipse]

The Grosvenor House is always quite civilised, i've found...

[clarey]

I have lived in Brixton too and found myself living in a community containing QCs, Solicitiors, Artists, and Actors. Like another poster mentioned earlier, there are a lot of areas like Brixton that are "up and coming" (Hoxton, East London for example) I will admit there were gangs on the streets, so what I did was acknowledge them, a simple nod, and an "alright?" And they were fine.

I them moved to Richmond, which was a lovely place to live, and bring up my daughter.

After moving down to Cornwall at the beginning of the property boom, I have recently moved back to London and realise that I cannot now afford a family house in Richmond.

Therefore I am now in EAST London, in a place called Highams Park, where I have no concerns, there are parks and sports fields, access to good schools, and I get more for my money!!!

[Lolliemma]

Christ with all the places mentioned is there anywhere else left to move to that is safe lol

London is the same as anywhere it has it's bad bits and its good bits but I think everywhere can be unsafe late at night doesnt matter if you live in the centre of Brixton or Buckingham Palace anything can happen anywhere!! Criminals dont think oh well Im in a posh part of  London lets not start here!! LOL

[alli mac]

Vinney 100 i agree nowhere is the best or the safest places 2 be at the moment, u cant even go to primark at the mo with out ducking and diving if u know what i mean!

[valerioprds]

is the area of Turnpike Lane a rough area?

[911Sims3911]

Well most parts of London have rough parts. Even Mayfair has some fairly rough parts. Mostly Brixton and Peckham are associated as the roughest parts but there are some nice places there especially as Brixton has some nice Theatres.
But generally some 'rough' areas I'll list below:

Brixton
Peckham
Bermondsey
Lewisham
Deptford
Bow
Tottenham
Ladbroke Grove

[Gemzi23]

I am planning to move to England in 2011
Starting to teach in secondary schools. Which areas would you reccomend. I can go to Liverpool, Manchester, Camden, London.. Also which areas around London are considered well off?