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Originally Posted by irrbloss
Hi there,
I'm new here and looking for some advice.
I have recently moved to London and am looking at flatshares. I have seen a nice room in a lovely house in South Tottenham (N15 postcode) that I would love to take, but the crime stats according to UpMyStreet are quite scary (lots of burglaries etc.) and I have heard from a fellow student that the area around Green Lanes is not very safe. Also South Tottenham and Tottenham more generally are often cited as not very nice/safe areas to live in.
I am female and not very street-savvy. Would I be ok living in the above area? I wouldn't be getting home past midnight but I would want to feel safe walking from the tube/bus stop to my house and not constantly worry about getting burgled. I know that lots of students live in the N4 area (Green Lanes) and feel fine with that. Also Finsbury Park is full of student tenants whereas I have been told by non-students that FP is not the safest place to live.
If anyone living in Tottenham/South Tottenham could advise me please I would be very grateful. Thanks!  |
Hi and welcome to the forum.
I know the areas you mention very well, so much so, that I wouldn't live in any of them if you gave me a house free of charge. Maybe I am over re-acting, but I would never walk in those areas alone, although many people will nodoubt disagree with me and say I am over the top.
I'm sorry to be so negative, but you did ask for personal knowledge.
Good luck with your plans and where have you moved from?
Michelle