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MoneyMate
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edited 1 May 2013 at 9:25AM in House buying, renting & selling
Sorry if I'm repeating previous threads but this link was just given to me reference checking out local crime in areas you are considering buying.

http://www.police.uk/ :beer:

Only for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    That site provides extremely broad brush-strokes. If I enter my own post-code it shows quite a high crime-rate compared to nationally but there's little to no crime in my immediate area.

    Actually knowing a neighbourhood is much more valuable information
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Mine usually reads

    "0 incidents of crime were reported within half a mile from this location ......"

    Doesn't mean they know what's going on, mind! :rotfl:
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    My best tip is: buy a day-rider style of bus ticket and spend 3-4 hours bus hopping on the area. You can IMMEDIATELY see where you don't want to live just by where the undesirables get off the bus :)
  • 00ec25
    00ec25 Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    My best tip is: buy a day-rider style of bus ticket and spend 3-4 hours bus hopping on the area. You can IMMEDIATELY see where you don't want to live just by where the undesirables get off the bus :)

    or even simpler the fact that
    area A has a bus service which goes to the council estate whereas
    area B gets 2 buses per day on the basis it is affluent and no one uses them because they each drive big cars and have no need to mix with the hoi poli on buses :D
  • Edwardia
    Edwardia Posts: 9,170 Forumite
    I looked at the road I want to move to and not a single crime of any kind reported in March 2013 :) There's a police station with three police officers to cover a town of 5000 people though.
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