Miserable morning...

[Lord Pingas]

Speaking of shit areas, somebody down my road got murdered about a week ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8450052.stm

[lotios611]

Speaking of shit areas, somebody down my road got murdered about a week ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8450052.stm

I recommend you move very quickly.

[Big Grizzle]

According to the official Met Police statistics the safest places to live in London as far as crime and not getting murdered are Richmond or Kingston Upon Thames. Unfortunately they are well out of my budget(and pretty much most people's for that matter).

LOL...it could always be worse.

You could live in Croyden.

[Lord Pingas]

Speaking of shit areas, somebody down my road got murdered about a week ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8450052.stm

I recommend you move very quickly.

I'll be fine.
Everyone in Barking loves me.

According to the official Met Police statistics the safest places to live in London as far as crime and not getting murdered are Richmond or Kingston Upon Thames. Unfortunately they are well out of my budget(and pretty much most people's for that matter).

LOL...it could always be worse.

You could live in Croyden.

I would say that it's mainly the areas that are full of council flats that are the shittest.

Kids now days are so pussy they use knives to help them out in a fight. Just wanted to say that out.

[Big Grizzle]

I don't think it is just "now-a-days" that kids are using knives. By contrast London is a lot safer than when I was a kid. There were several kids in my school who as a matter of routine brought guns and knives with them to school. It is only because of a recent media interest that these kinds of problems are being highlighted.

I grew up on a shitty council estate so I partially agree, that estates are where the majority of the bad stuff happens. Where I grew up was so rough in the 80s and 90s that they knocked it all down and built lovely new houses and an Asda. Despite the regeneration it didn't stop this from happening though.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6998200.stm

A main factor of these types of crimes are psychological in nature. That is to say, when a large number of people start to see knives, guns and drugs as a normal part of life, problems will arise.